[Wombat]

I was away out west this past weekend. Was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and OKC for the last 5 days.


I know you were trying to get in touch with me Ted. I will be around Wednesday evening (after 6pm EST), will email you phone-#, etc..


While in Tulsa, I went to the JM Davis (name correct?) Gun Museum there. They host over 20,000 firearms, and other collections too! Yes, 20,000+ guns!!


I'm sure some of you have been there before, but here's a quick overview of some of the highlights. There was so much to see there, that I was actually getting sick of the site of more muzzleloading rifles by the end of the day. There was too much to see there. But, luckily I hit my niche of "autoloading" pistols quickly.


This was the first time in my life I actually got to see an original "Borschadt" (spell?) pre-luger pistol! It was a fantastic piece! They also had tons of other similiar guns too.


An entire wall of "Mauser" pistols of every variation was there too. Anything from Lugers, HSCs, p-38, etc was present. Also had a nice collection of Walthers, Nambus, Jap type 94 pistols, and other various pieces of the time period. too much to name.


Not too much in the way of lugers. But did have some prime examples of DWM pistols. They had some regualer 4"ers, and artillery models. THe best one being, a mint-condition DWM Artillery model, with Wooden Shoulder Stock, and a Snail-drum connected! it was beautiful!!!


They also had other submachine guns of the sort, and LMGs. All prime good examples. If anyone is ever out in the Tulsa area, I HIGHLY recommend seeing this massive place. Too much to say here. Anyone else been there before? add any insight?


After that, went to the 45th Division museum in OKC the next day. They were the US army division that broke into Munich, and Berlin first, on the US side. Took some pics of this museum. It's one of the best Military museums in the entire country!


They had all sorts of German and other ww2 country firearms on display too. Everything from the MG08, to the Luger. Nothing too special on the Luger selection here, but did have some great SMG's on display. mp28, mp40s, Lancaster, Sten, and some other various models. Besides having an excellent gun selection here (not quite the JM Davis size, but still excellent), they had lots of "hitler" raided items on display. I think they best was the photograph of a 45th Infantryman, laying in Hitler's Bed (munich apt.), reading a copy of Mein Kampf. They also had some personal items of his on display. Some were actually very interesting, and quite strange. But, we won't go into that here.


I got plenty of pictures of the 45th Div. Infantry museum, if anyone wants to see any on the net here. or via email. I didn't take pics at the Davis museum, cause the lighting was bad, and no flashes allowed.


Anyone want to add to this? I'm sure I am not the only one that has visited these wonderful places before....