Forum members age

stressed · 02-15-2014, 04:01 AM

Just curious the age of all the folks around here. I'm in my 20's and have always loved Lugers, including the Luger squirt gun I got when I was like 5.

lew1 · 02-15-2014, 07:02 AM

A good portion of us are old - real old. It is nice though to have people around who will carry the torch.

sheepherder · 02-15-2014, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stressed

Just curious the age of all the folks around here. I'm in my 20's and have always loved Lugers, including the Luger squirt gun I got when I was like 5.

Seems like there is a new generation of kids who think plastic toys [coff *Glock* coff] are the cat's meow...Us old fogies like machined steel and hardwood...

Sonofeugene · 02-17-2014, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Seems like there is a new generation of kids who think plastic toys [coff *Glock* coff] are the cat's meow...Us old fogies like machined steel and hardwood...

I have both. The plastic stuff can be first class and it's perfect for HD. Don't want to have my Luger confiscated, even if it's just for the duration of the investigation.

318is_Parabellum · 02-17-2014, 02:02 PM

I've an HS 2000 (now known as the XD-9), and a Rock Island Armory (Philippines) CZ-75 clone with a TLR-1 light attached for home defense pistols. I'm no more emotionally invested in those pistols than I am the fire extinguisher in the kitchen. They are tools, selected for fitness of purpose, and nothing else. They are cheap, utterly reliable, and easily replaced if need be...

My lugers, high powers, 1911's and my P. 38 are another matter altogether. I buy these (and more) for their own sake, and admire them as the industrial art that they are. The fact that they tend to appreciate over time is a big bonus. I enjoy them as "objects d' art", and especially the history that they represent (e.g., the weapons of our defeated enemies, et. Al).

Edward Tinker · 02-15-2014, 09:27 AM

Years ago there was a poll on this. Start another, for some reason it ps off some of the young guys.

Ron Wood · 02-15-2014, 10:18 AM

A lot of us have reached our biblical "three score and ten"...and then some!

GySgt1811 · 02-15-2014, 12:19 PM

69 until July.

Gunny

guns3545 · 02-15-2014, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

A lot of us have reached our biblical "three score and ten"...and then some!

Ron,

You're a youngster; how about Four Score this year?.

John

goldwing · 02-15-2014, 02:57 PM

Yep, some old some young. Its nice to have a mix. I'll be 80 in June if I last that long. Bill

Ron Wood · 02-15-2014, 12:23 PM

Hey Gunny, that's cool!

A milestone age, and I hit 75 on 14 July.

lugersrkewl · 02-15-2014, 01:56 PM

Im 32 physically and about 16 or 17 mentally

rhinemann · 02-15-2014, 01:59 PM

I guess that I am in the middle some where. I'm 53

Jeffrey

Neil Young · 02-15-2014, 02:14 PM

You're all just babies. I'll be 76 in June, God willing.

Arizona Slim · 02-15-2014, 02:27 PM

I guess after reading Ron Wood's and Neil Young's posts you can count me as one of the "kids" as Sheepherder calls them, wont be 74 until late in the year.

Lon

Sergio Natali · 02-15-2014, 03:16 PM

My age is 59 until the 14th of November... it gives me the creeps... (but thanks God I "feel" a lot younger)
Oh, by the way I had two Luger squirt guns when I was litte too!

rhuff · 02-15-2014, 03:45 PM

Three (3) days younger than dirt!! Some mornings, I feel like a thousand, but so goes life, and I still enjoy it very much.

318is_Parabellum · 02-15-2014, 04:00 PM

41 going on 14, and hoping that I can still afford to buy lugers in this 'new economy'.

I find the diversity of opinion and experience here to be very refreshing. I find that the atmosphere of gentlemanly congeniality here to be a pleasant contrast to some other firearms-oriented forums.

I also appreciate very much the fact that beginning and intermediate-level collectors like myself are able to interact with and learn from the true experts and "old hands" in the field.

As I get older, I am starting to appreciate the fact we are all subject to the forward march of time, and that we are all "caretakers of history", in a very real sense.

The more I can learn, the more I can pass on...

cirelaw · 02-15-2014, 04:20 PM

I lost my luger virginity at age 47 and continued to lose my luger cherry up to today, age 58!! ~~Eric TKS!

Curss · 02-15-2014, 05:06 PM

I never owned any Luger squirt guns. Instead, I had an all metal luger capgun made by Lone Star. Sadly I broke it, but had LOTS of fun nonetheless. My dad always liked the P.08....somewhere I picked up his admiration for them. And I agree, hardwood and steel makes the best guns.

As for age, I turned 28 last December.

-Chris

02-15-2014, 04:01 AM	#1
stressed User Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 197 Thanks: 41 Thanked 43 Times in 30 Posts	Forum members age Just curious the age of all the folks around here. I'm in my 20's and have always loved Lugers, including the Luger squirt gun I got when I was like 5. __________________ Looking for any Mauser S/42 #89 parts

02-15-2014, 07:02 AM	#2
lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	A good portion of us are old - real old. It is nice though to have people around who will carry the torch. __________________ charlie

02-15-2014, 10:18 AM	#7
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	A lot of us have reached our biblical "three score and ten"...and then some! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-15-2014, 12:23 PM	#11
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	Hey Gunny, that's cool! A milestone age, and I hit 75 on 14 July. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-15-2014, 02:14 PM	#14
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 547 Thanks: 566 Thanked 443 Times in 168 Posts	You're all just babies. I'll be 76 in June, God willing. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-17-2014, 02:02 PM	#5
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	I've an HS 2000 (now known as the XD-9), and a Rock Island Armory (Philippines) CZ-75 clone with a TLR-1 light attached for home defense pistols. I'm no more emotionally invested in those pistols than I am the fire extinguisher in the kitchen. They are tools, selected for fitness of purpose, and nothing else. They are cheap, utterly reliable, and easily replaced if need be... My lugers, high powers, 1911's and my P. 38 are another matter altogether. I buy these (and more) for their own sake, and admire them as the industrial art that they are. The fact that they tend to appreciate over time is a big bonus. I enjoy them as "objects d' art", and especially the history that they represent (e.g., the weapons of our defeated enemies, et. Al).

02-15-2014, 09:27 AM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,960 Thanks: 2,062 Thanked 4,591 Times in 2,114 Posts	Years ago there was a poll on this. Start another, for some reason it ps off some of the young guys.

02-15-2014, 12:19 PM	#8
GySgt1811 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 237 Thanks: 1,238 Thanked 126 Times in 84 Posts	69 until July. Gunny

02-15-2014, 02:57 PM	#10
goldwing User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Upper South Carolina Posts: 92 Thanks: 9 Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Yep, some old some young. Its nice to have a mix. I'll be 80 in June if I last that long. Bill

02-15-2014, 01:56 PM	#12
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	Im 32 physically and about 16 or 17 mentally

02-15-2014, 01:59 PM	#13
rhinemann User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 68 Thanks: 14 Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts	I guess that I am in the middle some where. I'm 53 Jeffrey

02-15-2014, 02:27 PM	#15
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	I guess after reading Ron Wood's and Neil Young's posts you can count me as one of the "kids" as Sheepherder calls them, wont be 74 until late in the year. Lon

02-15-2014, 03:16 PM	#16
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	My age is 59 until the 14th of November... it gives me the creeps... (but thanks God I "feel" a lot younger) Oh, by the way I had two Luger squirt guns when I was litte too! __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

02-15-2014, 03:45 PM	#17
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,305 Thanks: 2,735 Thanked 991 Times in 727 Posts	Three (3) days younger than dirt!! Some mornings, I feel like a thousand, but so goes life, and I still enjoy it very much.

02-15-2014, 04:00 PM	#18
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	41 going on 14, and hoping that I can still afford to buy lugers in this 'new economy'. I find the diversity of opinion and experience here to be very refreshing. I find that the atmosphere of gentlemanly congeniality here to be a pleasant contrast to some other firearms-oriented forums. I also appreciate very much the fact that beginning and intermediate-level collectors like myself are able to interact with and learn from the true experts and "old hands" in the field. As I get older, I am starting to appreciate the fact we are all subject to the forward march of time, and that we are all "caretakers of history", in a very real sense. The more I can learn, the more I can pass on... Last edited by 318is_Parabellum; 02-15-2014 at 05:13 PM.

02-15-2014, 04:20 PM	#19
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	I lost my luger virginity at age 47 and continued to lose my luger cherry up to today, age 58!! ~~Eric TKS!

02-15-2014, 05:06 PM	#20
Curss User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 307 Thanks: 304 Thanked 98 Times in 75 Posts	I never owned any Luger squirt guns. Instead, I had an all metal luger capgun made by Lone Star. Sadly I broke it, but had LOTS of fun nonetheless. My dad always liked the P.08....somewhere I picked up his admiration for them. And I agree, hardwood and steel makes the best guns. As for age, I turned 28 last December. -Chris

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