Simson followed me home

gill120 · 09-11-2016, 01:37 PM

This Simson #1581a, followed me home from OGCA this weekend. Came with Simson Mag. #838a with 3 E/6 s.Looked up its history , was sold by RIA in 2015 at auction.

ithacaartist · 09-11-2016, 02:20 PM

If you promise to feed it and take care of it, maybe Mom will let you keep it!

mrerick · 09-11-2016, 04:09 PM

Congratulations. it's one of the last of the rarest of the rare!

Edward Tinker · 09-11-2016, 04:19 PM

My records are a bit deeper

L'ville 2/15 4k - gunbroker 1/16 - Gunsinternational 8/16 824a Chris B / g'brkr 12/15

Mister Sunshine · 09-11-2016, 04:48 PM

I bought a Simson & CO Luger in a gun shop in 1959, the price was a whopping $42. I took the pistol on vacation to Missouri the next year. My Brother, Father and I went down into one of those abandoned limestone pits to do some target shooting. There are many such pits around Cape Girardeau, Mo. I had brought along some new factory 9MM ammo. While the pistol was very accurate, even a distance, it would balk and jam every few rounds. I was disappointed to put it mildly. I had wanted a Luger since I was a boy during WWII and watched all those war pictures with spies carrying and shooting Lugers. Now I had one and it didn't work. Very upsetting. I was on my way back to California and leaving town I passed a gun shop, went in and traded my Luger for a 22 revolver. Shortly after returning home, I was reading a gun magazine. In the question & answer section a reader had asked about the same problem I had experienced. The expert wrote that it was a common occurrence with American ammo because it was downloaded due to the varying quality of the many different pistols being brought back from Europe. It made me sick. That is my first sad Luger story. Stay tuned, I have more.

snipershot1944 · 09-11-2016, 09:05 PM

Trying to un-hijack your thread here Dave. That's a nice Simpson Dave. But then again you always did have great taste.

David

09-11-2016, 02:20 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,290 Thanks: 7,055 Thanked 2,482 Times in 1,323 Posts	If you promise to feed it and take care of it, maybe Mom will let you keep it! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

09-11-2016, 04:09 PM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Congratulations. it's one of the last of the rarest of the rare! __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

09-11-2016, 01:37 PM	#1
gill120 User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 95 Thanks: 1 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	Simson followed me home This Simson #1581a, followed me home from OGCA this weekend. Came with Simson Mag. #838a with 3 E/6 s.Looked up its history , was sold by RIA in 2015 at auction. Attached Thumbnails

09-11-2016, 04:19 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	My records are a bit deeper L'ville 2/15 4k - gunbroker 1/16 - Gunsinternational 8/16 824a Chris B / g'brkr 12/15

09-11-2016, 04:48 PM	#5
Mister Sunshine User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Cherry Valley, Ca. Posts: 94 Thanks: 0 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts	I bought a Simson & CO Luger in a gun shop in 1959, the price was a whopping $42. I took the pistol on vacation to Missouri the next year. My Brother, Father and I went down into one of those abandoned limestone pits to do some target shooting. There are many such pits around Cape Girardeau, Mo. I had brought along some new factory 9MM ammo. While the pistol was very accurate, even a distance, it would balk and jam every few rounds. I was disappointed to put it mildly. I had wanted a Luger since I was a boy during WWII and watched all those war pictures with spies carrying and shooting Lugers. Now I had one and it didn't work. Very upsetting. I was on my way back to California and leaving town I passed a gun shop, went in and traded my Luger for a 22 revolver. Shortly after returning home, I was reading a gun magazine. In the question & answer section a reader had asked about the same problem I had experienced. The expert wrote that it was a common occurrence with American ammo because it was downloaded due to the varying quality of the many different pistols being brought back from Europe. It made me sick. That is my first sad Luger story. Stay tuned, I have more.

09-11-2016, 09:05 PM	#6
snipershot1944 User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, part of the occupied Confederacy Posts: 299 Thanks: 15 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	Trying to un-hijack your thread here Dave. That's a nice Simpson Dave. But then again you always did have great taste. David