Number of Identified Cartridge Counters?

run4ever · 04-30-2006, 05:32 PM

I recvall someone in the last year keeping track of the up to 50 Cartridge Counters that have been identified.

Does anyone have that list or know how many there are?

No, Im not making one in the basement, just curious to know how many are there in case I want to make it my mission in life to own all of them - really, wouldnt that be cool?

Ron Wood · 04-30-2006, 07:09 PM

I have been tracking the observed serial numbers for quite a few years. To date, only eight of the original 50 have not been reported. Of the 42 that have been reported, there are at least three duplicates! If anyone contemplated owning all of them, they better have about $2M to invest and be prepared to be disappointed on a significant number of them.

drbuster · 04-30-2006, 08:52 PM

Ron, Are you able to post the serial numbers of the duplicates as if I or anyone else would be lucky to encounter a Counter, would become wary of such a piece?

Ron Wood · 04-30-2006, 09:49 PM

Doc,
If anyone is seriously contemplating the purchase of a Cartridge Counter, I would certainly tell them if the serial number is one that I have noted as a duplicate. But, I am reluctant to start posting serial numbers since the parties that own those particular Lugers are going to take considerable umbrage and I am not the Luger Police.

Pete Ebbink · 04-30-2006, 09:54 PM

Plus---Ron's reporting of the serials known to him would allow the boosters to know the "missing" serial numbers; which I am sure would be then be used in short order on their next creations.

Don't forget that the all the major boosters are probably reading the LF and Jan's forum on a regular basis.

Vlim · 05-01-2006, 04:34 AM

Pete,

Wouldn't it be nice to 'invent' a rare luger and then watch how long it takes before one actually shows up? Kinda like the Japanese version

Pete Ebbink · 05-01-2006, 11:13 AM

Gerben,

Let's try the Swiss Papal guard lugers. Only 100 or so were made all with a pair of crossed Pope shoes on the chamber, similar to the crossed Russian rifles

04-30-2006, 05:32 PM	#1
run4ever User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: shawnee mission, ks Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Number of Identified Cartridge Counters? I recvall someone in the last year keeping track of the up to 50 Cartridge Counters that have been identified. Does anyone have that list or know how many there are? No, Im not making one in the basement, just curious to know how many are there in case I want to make it my mission in life to own all of them - really, wouldnt that be cool?

04-30-2006, 07:09 PM	#2
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: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,256 Times in 1,724 Posts	I have been tracking the observed serial numbers for quite a few years. To date, only eight of the original 50 have not been reported. Of the 42 that have been reported, there are at least three duplicates! If anyone contemplated owning all of them, they better have about $2M to invest and be prepared to be disappointed on a significant number of them. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

04-30-2006, 09:49 PM	#4
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: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,256 Times in 1,724 Posts	Doc, If anyone is seriously contemplating the purchase of a Cartridge Counter, I would certainly tell them if the serial number is one that I have noted as a duplicate. But, I am reluctant to start posting serial numbers since the parties that own those particular Lugers are going to take considerable umbrage and I am not the Luger Police. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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04-30-2006, 08:52 PM	#3
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Ron, Are you able to post the serial numbers of the duplicates as if I or anyone else would be lucky to encounter a Counter, would become wary of such a piece?

04-30-2006, 09:54 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Plus---Ron's reporting of the serials known to him would allow the boosters to know the "missing" serial numbers; which I am sure would be then be used in short order on their next creations. Don't forget that the all the major boosters are probably reading the LF and Jan's forum on a regular basis.

05-01-2006, 04:34 AM	#6
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Pete, Wouldn't it be nice to 'invent' a rare luger and then watch how long it takes before one actually shows up? Kinda like the Japanese version

05-01-2006, 11:13 AM	#7
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Gerben, Let's try the Swiss Papal guard lugers. Only 100 or so were made all with a pair of crossed Pope shoes on the chamber, similar to the crossed Russian rifles