Hey Ron!

unspellable · 01-13-2006, 01:53 PM

Ron, are you going to shoot that new Katrina pistola or is it going to be a safe queen?

Ron Smith · 01-14-2006, 08:37 AM

Hey Noel,

How have you been?

No, I'll never fire it. I'll leave that to someone down the line. I had a P.38 in .30 Luger cal. that I bought a couple of years ago. I thought at the time that it was just one of the Interarms imports. And bought it to shoot because I love the cartridge.

After I got it home and started looking at it. I discovered that it was not export or import marked. And was new in the box and unfired.

I checked with the dealer and found that the collector who's estate it came out of , was a close friend of the Walther family. And that either he bought it at the factory or it was given as a gift. And bypassed the manditory export- import marking. It was also a 100 year "C" marked piece.

It now resides in the collection of a well known P.38 collector and friend who is also a member of this forum. Sacrificed for Luger money.

Ron

01-13-2006, 01:53 PM	#1
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	Hey Ron! Ron, are you going to shoot that new Katrina pistola or is it going to be a safe queen?

01-14-2006, 08:37 AM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hey Noel, How have you been? No, I'll never fire it. I'll leave that to someone down the line. I had a P.38 in .30 Luger cal. that I bought a couple of years ago. I thought at the time that it was just one of the Interarms imports. And bought it to shoot because I love the cartridge. After I got it home and started looking at it. I discovered that it was not export or import marked. And was new in the box and unfired. I checked with the dealer and found that the collector who's estate it came out of , was a close friend of the Walther family. And that either he bought it at the factory or it was given as a gift. And bypassed the manditory export- import marking. It was also a 100 year "C" marked piece. It now resides in the collection of a well known P.38 collector and friend who is also a member of this forum. Sacrificed for Luger money. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...