The BIG Reno Show

Pete Ebbink · 01-10-2006, 07:08 PM

Aaron,

I, too, have decided the Reno show is no longer worth the expense/time of attending...but I do miss the friendship of fellow luger collectors that attend...both from the Luger Forum and Jan Still's Gun Board.

The show is typically full of refinished lugers sold as original and that has come to represent nearly 80-90% of all lugers on the tables...same old sneaky guys selling their wares...

In a reverse-universe, bizarro-world sort of way...I have found the Reno show over the past 1-2 years as an excellent place to see the "state of the art" of luger boosting and one can learn a lot from seeing such pieces and be able to compare them with honest lugers.

The "good" lugers at Reno seem to have a way of staying underneath the tables and they seem to trade hands without ever seeing the exhibit hall lights...if one is connected to that network, buying at Reno can still be productive.

01-10-2006, 07:08 PM	#21
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Aaron, I, too, have decided the Reno show is no longer worth the expense/time of attending...but I do miss the friendship of fellow luger collectors that attend...both from the Luger Forum and Jan Still's Gun Board. The show is typically full of refinished lugers sold as original and that has come to represent nearly 80-90% of all lugers on the tables...same old sneaky guys selling their wares... In a reverse-universe, bizarro-world sort of way...I have found the Reno show over the past 1-2 years as an excellent place to see the "state of the art" of luger boosting and one can learn a lot from seeing such pieces and be able to compare them with honest lugers. The "good" lugers at Reno seem to have a way of staying underneath the tables and they seem to trade hands without ever seeing the exhibit hall lights...if one is connected to that network, buying at Reno can still be productive.