New FGS Web Site...

Pete Ebbink · 12-16-2007, 01:17 AM

http://www.fgsfirearms.com/

Edward Tinker · 12-16-2007, 01:31 AM

wow Pete, thats a big change...

I wonder why they switched? Although on the old webpage; the 3 across pictures make me scroll over on my laptop which I hated...

Ed

Pete Ebbink · 12-16-2007, 12:38 PM

Their old web address was sort of difficult to remember...at least for me...

http://www.fgsinc.8m.com/

I like how some of the new offerings have 5 photos...

dz · 12-16-2007, 02:10 PM

I have always wondered who pays those prices?

LugerVern · 12-16-2007, 05:12 PM

Thanks Pete for the link!

Well, I sort of like the new Web Site

Much easier to find what your looking for and there appears to be more multi pics. Something they really needed.

Who buys from them-- Ok I am guilty, but so are many others.
Sometimes their just the only place in town that has the harder to fine Lugers.

Are the prices high, yes, but look what your getting!
They never hide anything from you, I have honestly tortured them by disassembling several guns and then looping them every micro mm, taking hours of their time at gun shows.
I will pay a premium to go home with a gun or order a gun knowing exactly what I am getting. I would never hesitate to send a new collector to their table at a gun show and have done so several times.

I am obviously very Pro FGS, should I end up with a less than desirable gun one day from their table--thats going to be mostly my fault.

Ok, thats enough free advertising

Vern

Lyn Islaub · 12-16-2007, 05:29 PM

I would agree with Vern. I've bought 2 Swiss Lugers from FGS; a 1929 Red Bern and a 1906 Waffenfabrik Bern and Ken was willing to suffer through all of my many questions and to send multiple scans without complaint until I made the decision. Expensive? Yes, but both pistols have escalated in value at a better rate than my 401K since I bought them.
Lyn

Pete Ebbink · 12-16-2007, 05:37 PM

Hi David,

We can only hope for those $ 500 Lugers at gun shows...

Navy · 12-17-2007, 10:45 AM

Doug Smith is among the 3 or 4 dealers I trust 100%; he also has a collection of some of the most unusual pieces I have ever seen.

A great guy to do business with and a hell of a nice guy to boot!

Tom A

the gunman · 12-17-2007, 11:03 AM

I to have bought 2 lugers from FGS . Nice to find honest dealers . Yes there prices are a mite high but the old " You Get What You Payed For " sure applys here

policeluger · 12-17-2007, 11:45 AM

Yep, one of my prized police rigs came from him, and at a very good price, real!! good price looking back 20 years.....

Hueydriver · 12-17-2007, 07:53 PM

I too will bang the drum for FGS. Doug Smith and Ken Clark are awesome. They bend over backwards for new luger lovers like myself. I'm with Tom A. I trust them 110%.

................Jesse

John D. · 12-17-2007, 08:19 PM

Outstanding new website!!! Great folks - and a great website!

Thanks Pete for the update..

John D.

Pete Ebbink · 12-18-2007, 02:29 PM

David,

Actually on Swiss Lugers (the more common, less-rare varieties) and certainly on the Swiss revolvers, I think the FGS pricing is usually not bad and not too far above what private guys and fellow collectors at gun shows are asking.

I picked up 1/2 of my Swiss revolvers directly from sellers in Switzerland and the other half from Ken Clark at FGS...considering the misc. costs and time of bringing in a old revolver from CH into the USA, the costs were almost equal over the past 3-4 years.

SIGP2101 · 12-19-2007, 01:52 PM

I canÃ¢??t find info about international shipping.
How about shipping to Canada?

Sticker · 12-19-2007, 02:15 PM

Hi

For SIGP2101 and any other Canucks out there

I got my Red grip 06/29 Swiss Luger from FGS. Questar did the Export/Import stuff for me. It took about 7 to 8 weeks.

Keep in mind, Our wonderful Prime Minister was able to push back that stupid UN gun marking BS for 2 years. So you have 2 years to get something before some a$$ ruins your gun at the border.

Sticker

John Sabato · 12-20-2007, 10:13 AM

Hey John D.

Could you add the FGS link to the links and resources page... I am not permitted to do FTP from my present assignment location at a federal agency...

Thanks...

12-16-2007, 01:17 AM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	New FGS Web Site... http://www.fgsfirearms.com/

12-16-2007, 01:31 AM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	wow Pete, thats a big change... I wonder why they switched? Although on the old webpage; the 3 across pictures make me scroll over on my laptop which I hated... Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-17-2007, 07:53 PM	#11
Hueydriver User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 66 Thanks: 7 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I too will bang the drum for FGS. Doug Smith and Ken Clark are awesome. They bend over backwards for new luger lovers like myself. I'm with Tom A. I trust them 110%.................Jesse

12-20-2007, 10:13 AM	#16
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Hey John D. Could you add the FGS link to the links and resources page... I am not permitted to do FTP from my present assignment location at a federal agency... Thanks... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

12-16-2007, 12:38 PM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Their old web address was sort of difficult to remember...at least for me... http://www.fgsinc.8m.com/ I like how some of the new offerings have 5 photos...

12-16-2007, 02:10 PM	#4
dz Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 260 Thanks: 1 Thanked 55 Times in 39 Posts	I have always wondered who pays those prices?

12-16-2007, 05:12 PM	#5
LugerVern User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 563 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 27 Posts	Thanks Pete for the link! Well, I sort of like the new Web Site Much easier to find what your looking for and there appears to be more multi pics. Something they really needed. Who buys from them-- Ok I am guilty, but so are many others. Sometimes their just the only place in town that has the harder to fine Lugers. Are the prices high, yes, but look what your getting! They never hide anything from you, I have honestly tortured them by disassembling several guns and then looping them every micro mm, taking hours of their time at gun shows. I will pay a premium to go home with a gun or order a gun knowing exactly what I am getting. I would never hesitate to send a new collector to their table at a gun show and have done so several times. I am obviously very Pro FGS, should I end up with a less than desirable gun one day from their table--thats going to be mostly my fault. Ok, thats enough free advertising Vern

12-16-2007, 05:29 PM	#6
Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	I would agree with Vern. I've bought 2 Swiss Lugers from FGS; a 1929 Red Bern and a 1906 Waffenfabrik Bern and Ken was willing to suffer through all of my many questions and to send multiple scans without complaint until I made the decision. Expensive? Yes, but both pistols have escalated in value at a better rate than my 401K since I bought them. Lyn

12-16-2007, 05:37 PM	#7
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi David, We can only hope for those $ 500 Lugers at gun shows...

12-17-2007, 10:45 AM	#8
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Doug Smith is among the 3 or 4 dealers I trust 100%; he also has a collection of some of the most unusual pieces I have ever seen. A great guy to do business with and a hell of a nice guy to boot! Tom A

12-17-2007, 11:03 AM	#9
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	I to have bought 2 lugers from FGS . Nice to find honest dealers . Yes there prices are a mite high but the old " You Get What You Payed For " sure applys here

12-17-2007, 11:45 AM	#10
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Yep, one of my prized police rigs came from him, and at a very good price, real!! good price looking back 20 years.....

12-17-2007, 08:19 PM	#12
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	Outstanding new website!!! Great folks - and a great website! Thanks Pete for the update.. John D.

12-18-2007, 02:29 PM	#13
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	David, Actually on Swiss Lugers (the more common, less-rare varieties) and certainly on the Swiss revolvers, I think the FGS pricing is usually not bad and not too far above what private guys and fellow collectors at gun shows are asking. I picked up 1/2 of my Swiss revolvers directly from sellers in Switzerland and the other half from Ken Clark at FGS...considering the misc. costs and time of bringing in a old revolver from CH into the USA, the costs were almost equal over the past 3-4 years.

12-19-2007, 01:52 PM	#14
SIGP2101 User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 256 Thanks: 74 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	I canÃ¢??t find info about international shipping. How about shipping to Canada?

12-19-2007, 02:15 PM	#15
Sticker User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi For SIGP2101 and any other Canucks out there I got my Red grip 06/29 Swiss Luger from FGS. Questar did the Export/Import stuff for me. It took about 7 to 8 weeks. Keep in mind, Our wonderful Prime Minister was able to push back that stupid UN gun marking BS for 2 years. So you have 2 years to get something before some a$$ ruins your gun at the border. Sticker