Talking to an older Luger collector

[wlyon]

My first luger I sold while in college in 1958 for $40. It was a byf 41 I had bought while in the Navy. I did not purchase any more until the early 70's. At that time there were many lugers available at $200-300. Rarely did one find a matching mag. Now they are all over. Surely no one would boost them? ha. In the 50's gun shops had many luger and other WW2 weapons . They were really not big sellers. I remember a Sporting goods store in Colorado with a wooden barrel full of Jap Nambus for 19.95 ea. However, for me anyway, twenty dollars was a lot of money. Present day collectors with their desire for perfect lugers with 2 matching mags has greatly helped the boosters. Bill