MG,
I was there and so was Jerry Peters. We came to the mut=ual conclusion that this was a terrible gun show for Lugers. The only decent one there was the 1917 artillery that you mentioned and it was selling for $1950. Lots of light rust all over it. But it was original and matching. The guy said that people told him that he was too low. He said that someone told him that I was a (quote) "so called expert" and he wanted my opinion. Half way through my opinion, he got a cell phone call and acted as though I wasn't there. I suspect that at the next gun show in Novi, I will see this gun reblued by some hacker and thus destroyed. Too bad. The only thing that this guy knew about Lugers was that this artillery had matching numbers and that made the gun worth $1950. I did buy a magazine off of him that had a banged up wood bottom. I have some nice wood bottoms that I want to mount on nice original magazine spines.
There were two other Lugers at one table. One was chrome plated and I didn't bother to look at it. The guy had another one that was a shooter. The receiver was badly buffed and had a very glossy reblue on it. The barrel didn't have a serial number on it. And that was it at this show. I didn't know your name so I could not ask for you over the loud speakers.
I tried showing the Lugers that I brought to some guys who advertized on there tables that they were buying Nazi medals and German guns. But they weren't buying ANYTHING. I think that they were there just to socialize.
I ran into an old buddy of mine at another table. He didn't have any Lugers there but since he had some Luger parts at home, I asked him if he had a front adjustible sight for an artillery Luger with the serial number of "54". I sent him an Email too and I am waiting for a reply now.
The food area had a pretty long line and by the time I got to the food, the polish sausage was pretty well died out. But the chicken that they had looked pretty good.
I took three or four of my Lugers with me to show to you in case you wanted to buy something. I got to the show about 11AM and left about 4PM. This might be the last Midland show that I go to. Too much arts and crafts, knifes and ammo. Not enough Lugers. But it was a nice day to drive there.
Big Norm
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