My First Luger

[Ron Wood]

Alvin,

I canâ??t speak too much to the â??50s. I bought my Luger in the late â??50s (June 1957) just shy of my 18th birthday, so I was a newbie and had no basis for values.

In the early â??60s I was going to college and joining the Army, so my exposure to Lugers was pretty much limited to hitting the pawn shops rather than gun shows. I did run across a couple of fairly nice Krieghoffs that were, as I recall, in the $150 - $250 range (that was while â??ordinaryâ?� Lugers were still going for $40-$60). I never encountered a Simson.

By the early â??70s, the price of Krieghoffs had about tripled, and I still hadnâ??t seen a Simson. I have to admit that since I had already zeroed in on the early years, I didnâ??t pay much attention to the â??reproductionsâ?�!


Ron