Import mark

[gunbugs]

If done discreetly, as Simpson's does, then it isn't too bothersome to me. I view it as just another part of the pistol's "history". After all, many pre-war exports were marked"Germany" before they left DWM. I find that equally as bothersome, but it doesn't keep me from buying a gun that I like. Don't worry about "resale value". If you only buy guns that you think will go up in value, then you are buying for the wrong reason, in my opinion. I can look in my safe, and only see guns that I bought because I liked them. Some were "bargains", or at less than what I thought were market value, but that wasn't the deciding factor in their purchase. A discreet import mark is not a deal killer for me.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by gunbugs

I can look in my safe, and only see guns that I bought because I liked them.

+ 1.

This is why I don't consider myself a 'collector'. It doesn't matter if they don't follow a common connection. I just liked them.

(And even if it mattered, it wouldn't matter if it mattered).

[Kiwi]

Quote:
Originally Posted by gunbugs View Post
I can look in my safe, and only see guns that I bought because I liked them.

Originally Posted by sheepherder

+ 1.

This is why I don't consider myself a 'collector'. It doesn't matter if they don't follow a common connection. I just liked them.

(And even if it mattered, it wouldn't matter if it mattered).

+ 2.