Introduction - New Member Here

CptCurl · 07-23-2011, 07:50 AM

Hello to all,

I just found this forum today and signed up. Thought I should introduce myself.

I have been a gun collector and avid shooter since childhood. Lugers were a fascination as long as I can remember. I think I was 13 years old when I got my first one for Christmas after months of nagging my father. It was a byf41, and boy was I proud! I have dabbled in Lugers since then, but I'm not to be considered a serious collector.

My most serious sickness is double rifles. If any of you are members or visitors on the NitroExpress.com forums you may know me from there.

I come here mostly as a student. I have a modest collection of Lugers that would be laughable to the advanced collector. Still I find them fascinating, and the details are never mastered.

If I make a silly statement, please correct me gently. I'm here to learn, not preach. I look forward to the learning experience.

Finally, I'll tell you Google brought me here. I was searching for the little flat spring that tensions the magazine catch on a P.08 Luger. If anybody has one for sale or can direct me to one I would be grateful.

Thanks
Curl

Norme · 07-23-2011, 07:56 AM

Hi Curl, Welcome to the forum! For Luger parts, try Tom Heller, a forum member, at hellerarms@webtv.net. Regards, Norm

sheepherder · 07-23-2011, 07:56 AM

Welcome CptCurl!!!

Several members here sell Luger parts; GT, LugerDoc, Ed Tinker among others...and other members provide services (grip restoration/checkering, magazine rebuilding, etc)...

Pics of your modest collection are encouraged!

Please avail yourself of the FAQ (which contains a wealth of information on Lugers) and the Search function.

Enjoy your stay at LugerForums!!!

CptCurl · 07-23-2011, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Pics of your modest collection are encouraged!

Here's my first attempt. I tried to write it in UBB Code here but had trouble with the photos. So I wrote it in HTML and made a link.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=26591

Curl

sheepherder · 07-23-2011, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CptCurl

Here's my first attempt. I tried to write it in UBB Code here but had trouble with the photos. So I wrote it in HTML and made a link.

LugerForums requests that you post directly to this Forum. Here's a link to a thread explaining why & how...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=22994

Ron Wood · 07-23-2011, 11:20 PM

Curl,
I suspect that you are making the upload a bit more difficult than it is. However, here are a couple of photos I swiped from your link

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Ice · 07-24-2011, 06:07 AM

Welcome to the forum. There is a ton of information and generous knowledgable members are always ready to help.

Charlie

CptCurl · 07-24-2011, 07:43 AM

Ok an attempt to upload photos.

By the way, the two (very blue) photos above are the only ones that are not mine. Those are from the listing when I bought this pistol. All the rest are entirely my effort.

Now I'm causing trouble, because these posts probably should have been made to the thread in the early Luger section that I started. Drat! Maybe an admin or mod can move them or copy them to that thread?

Thanks all,
Curl

CptCurl · 07-24-2011, 07:52 AM

More photos.

CptCurl · 07-24-2011, 07:59 AM

The last ones.

sheepherder · 07-24-2011, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CptCurl

Now I'm causing trouble, because these posts probably should have been made to the thread in the early Luger section that I started. Drat! Maybe an admin or mod can move them or copy them to that thread?

Excellent looking Luger pics! Definitely something that the Forum would want to archive and use as a reference!

You can link to these pics from your other thread, so they will appear there also. Or you could stick them in an album and link to them there also. Lots of options.

pitsword · 07-24-2011, 10:41 AM

Welcome to the forum. That is a magnificent pistol.

mrerick · 07-24-2011, 08:45 PM

Roscoe,

Let me add my welcome to the forum! That is a beautiful American Eagle Luger.

Marc

CptCurl · 07-25-2011, 12:16 PM

Here's a preview of my next photographic project. Even got out my old manual Nikkor 55mm Macro lens and screwed it on my D90. First use of that lens since shooting film. Wadduthink?

Ron Wood · 07-25-2011, 02:05 PM

You are having waaay too much fun!

mrerick · 07-25-2011, 05:26 PM

Roscoe,

What are you using to create the diffuse light? I assume you're working with a Light Box and some kind of white or grey background... Tell me more about your setup!

I shoot with the Nikkor 60mm Macro lens. They are remarkable precision tools. (Just like our Lugers...)

Marc

Douglas Jr. · 07-26-2011, 03:33 PM

Welcome aboard!
I don't see anything "laughable" here!
Pretty nice 1900 AE over there. I would be proud to have in my collection!

And nice pictures too!

Douglas.

Steinar · 07-26-2011, 04:23 PM

Welcome CptCurl, your Luger looks great.

Very nice photos also.. looks like you know a thing or two about photography!

For that spring, you can try Tom Heller (Lugerdoc) here at the forum. If he is sold out, you can send me a PM. I'm away from home at the moment so I can't say for sure, but I think I have one.

CptCurl · 07-26-2011, 05:03 PM

Thanks to everybody for the warm welcome and compliments. Yeah, I'm having way too much fun. Lugers are great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrerick

Roscoe,

What are you using to create the diffuse light? I assume you're working with a Light Box and some kind of white or grey background... Tell me more about your setup!

I shoot with the Nikkor 60mm Macro lens. They are remarkable precision tools. (Just like our Lugers...)

Marc

It ain't too fancy. My wife allows me one little corner of the basement:

Lugerdoc · 07-27-2011, 10:40 AM

Curt, Beautiful photos. I do have new PO8 mag catch springs available @$15 + S&H. TH

07-23-2011, 07:50 AM	#1
CptCurl User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Botetourt County, Virginia Posts: 120 Thanks: 93 Thanked 140 Times in 46 Posts	Introduction - New Member Here Hello to all, I just found this forum today and signed up. Thought I should introduce myself. I have been a gun collector and avid shooter since childhood. Lugers were a fascination as long as I can remember. I think I was 13 years old when I got my first one for Christmas after months of nagging my father. It was a byf41, and boy was I proud! I have dabbled in Lugers since then, but I'm not to be considered a serious collector. My most serious sickness is double rifles. If any of you are members or visitors on the NitroExpress.com forums you may know me from there. I come here mostly as a student. I have a modest collection of Lugers that would be laughable to the advanced collector. Still I find them fascinating, and the details are never mastered. If I make a silly statement, please correct me gently. I'm here to learn, not preach. I look forward to the learning experience. Finally, I'll tell you Google brought me here. I was searching for the little flat spring that tensions the magazine catch on a P.08 Luger. If anybody has one for sale or can direct me to one I would be grateful. Thanks Curl

07-23-2011, 07:56 AM	#3
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,195 Thanks: 1,411 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Welcome CptCurl!!! Several members here sell Luger parts; GT, LugerDoc, Ed Tinker among others...and other members provide services (grip restoration/checkering, magazine rebuilding, etc)... Pics of your modest collection are encouraged! Please avail yourself of the FAQ (which contains a wealth of information on Lugers) and the Search function. Enjoy your stay at LugerForums!!! __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

07-23-2011, 11:20 PM	#6
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,035 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,242 Times in 1,719 Posts	Curl, I suspect that you are making the upload a bit more difficult than it is. However, here are a couple of photos I swiped from your link ! Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

07-24-2011, 07:43 AM	#8
CptCurl User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Botetourt County, Virginia Posts: 120 Thanks: 93 Thanked 140 Times in 46 Posts	Ok an attempt to upload photos. By the way, the two (very blue) photos above are the only ones that are not mine. Those are from the listing when I bought this pistol. All the rest are entirely my effort. Now I'm causing trouble, because these posts probably should have been made to the thread in the early Luger section that I started. Drat! Maybe an admin or mod can move them or copy them to that thread? Thanks all, Curl Attached Thumbnails Attached Images Last edited by CptCurl; 07-24-2011 at 08:07 AM. Reason: I added all the comments following the first sentence. This done after posting this and the two following posts.

07-24-2011, 07:52 AM	#9
CptCurl User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Botetourt County, Virginia Posts: 120 Thanks: 93 Thanked 140 Times in 46 Posts	More photos. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

07-23-2011, 07:56 AM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Curl, Welcome to the forum! For Luger parts, try Tom Heller, a forum member, at hellerarms@webtv.net. Regards, Norm

07-24-2011, 06:07 AM	#7
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Welcome to the forum. There is a ton of information and generous knowledgable members are always ready to help. Charlie

07-24-2011, 07:59 AM	#10
CptCurl User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Botetourt County, Virginia Posts: 120 Thanks: 93 Thanked 140 Times in 46 Posts	The last ones. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

07-24-2011, 10:41 AM	#12
pitsword User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 459 Thanks: 3,964 Thanked 103 Times in 83 Posts	Welcome to the forum. That is a magnificent pistol.

07-24-2011, 08:45 PM	#13
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,919 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Roscoe, Let me add my welcome to the forum! That is a beautiful American Eagle Luger. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

07-25-2011, 12:16 PM	#14
CptCurl User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Botetourt County, Virginia Posts: 120 Thanks: 93 Thanked 140 Times in 46 Posts	Here's a preview of my next photographic project. Even got out my old manual Nikkor 55mm Macro lens and screwed it on my D90. First use of that lens since shooting film. Wadduthink? Attached Thumbnails

07-25-2011, 02:05 PM	#15
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,035 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,242 Times in 1,719 Posts	You are having waaay too much fun! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

07-25-2011, 05:26 PM	#16
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,919 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Roscoe, What are you using to create the diffuse light? I assume you're working with a Light Box and some kind of white or grey background... Tell me more about your setup! I shoot with the Nikkor 60mm Macro lens. They are remarkable precision tools. (Just like our Lugers...) Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

07-26-2011, 03:33 PM	#17
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Welcome aboard! I don't see anything "laughable" here! Pretty nice 1900 AE over there. I would be proud to have in my collection! And nice pictures too! Douglas.

07-26-2011, 04:23 PM	#18
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Welcome CptCurl, your Luger looks great. Very nice photos also.. looks like you know a thing or two about photography! For that spring, you can try Tom Heller (Lugerdoc) here at the forum. If he is sold out, you can send me a PM. I'm away from home at the moment so I can't say for sure, but I think I have one. __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

07-27-2011, 10:40 AM	#20
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Curt, Beautiful photos. I do have new PO8 mag catch springs available @$15 + S&H. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net