90 days ago, I did not own a single

[John Holbrook]

Originally posted by Big Norm
John,
gosh! A 1906 navy Luger. When you buy, you buy good.
Big Norm

Norm, I have made friends with all the local pawn shops, gun dealers, etc. A local dealer called me and told me that they had just taken in a collection on consignment. I zipped out and the photo below are the guns, plus a 1950's Colt .22 Conversion Unit NIB!

I only wanted the Colt, which is a 1941 M1911A1 pre-war Parkerized. I bought the whole collection for $2,800.00. I posted photos of the Colt on one of the .45 forums, and got an e-mail from a gent that offered to trade me a nice Union Switch & Signal for the Colt.

So he shipped me the US&S and I shipped him the Colt. A friend of mine took one look at the US&S and offered me $3.500.00 for it. So I wound up with the two Lugers, the Nazi HP and the .22 Unit for FREE and $700.00 to boot.


The moral of this story is have lots of friends!!!!!