a SAD Luger Story

Orv Reichert · 12-07-2001, 10:49 PM

I thought you folks might like to hear a Luger story. This one is true. It happened to me and I start to cry real tears every time I tell it.

In 1945..the winter..I was 16 and living in Pocatello Idaho. I spotted a LUGER in a little second hand/junk store across the street [4th and Center] from my dadÃ¢??s service station where I worked after school. I had always wanted one!

I bought that SOB for about $60 and took it homeÃ¢?Â¦all happy and excited. My dad jumped in my S____ for buying a gun that ammo was impossible to secure. He was rightÃ¢?Â¦.there was NO 9mm ammoÃ¢?Â¦lots of .30 Luger and .30 Mauser but not 9mm!

I was not able to identify itÃ¢?Â¦all the returning Vets said that it was quite rough compared to the ones they had seen.

Let me describe it!

1. It was a NAVY LugerÃ¢?Â¦I KNEW that because it had an ANCHOR on the toggle with the initials HK.

2. It had been captured in 1945 because some GI had hand stamped that date over the chamber.

I got frustrated over the lack of ammo, so I traded it in 1946 for a 30-30 rifle.

Orv Reichert

[for those not sharp on the subtle variationsÃ¢?Â¦.check in Ã¢??THE KREIGHOFF PARABELLUM page 188 ..there are about 6 of these guns now known!]

12-07-2001, 10:49 PM	#1
Orv Reichert RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW Washington State Posts: 339 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	a SAD Luger Story I thought you folks might like to hear a Luger story. This one is true. It happened to me and I start to cry real tears every time I tell it. In 1945..the winter..I was 16 and living in Pocatello Idaho. I spotted a LUGER in a little second hand/junk store across the street [4th and Center] from my dadÃ¢??s service station where I worked after school. I had always wanted one! I bought that SOB for about $60 and took it homeÃ¢?Â¦all happy and excited. My dad jumped in my S____ for buying a gun that ammo was impossible to secure. He was rightÃ¢?Â¦.there was NO 9mm ammoÃ¢?Â¦lots of .30 Luger and .30 Mauser but not 9mm! I was not able to identify itÃ¢?Â¦all the returning Vets said that it was quite rough compared to the ones they had seen. Let me describe it! 1. It was a NAVY LugerÃ¢?Â¦I KNEW that because it had an ANCHOR on the toggle with the initials HK. 2. It had been captured in 1945 because some GI had hand stamped that date over the chamber. I got frustrated over the lack of ammo, so I traded it in 1946 for a 30-30 rifle. Orv Reichert [for those not sharp on the subtle variationsÃ¢?Â¦.check in Ã¢??THE KREIGHOFF PARABELLUM page 188 ..there are about 6 of these guns now known!]