Golden Anniversary

Ron Wood · 06-11-2007, 02:33 PM

Fifty years ago this month I bought my first Luger. It has been a fun time.

mauro · 06-11-2007, 03:06 PM

Congratulations Ron!
I wish you fifty more years of collection!!
Cheers,
Mauro

cirelaw · 06-11-2007, 03:45 PM

CONGRADULATIONS Its just like your first girfriend, you might run into her years from now, but the feeling the same.

Vlim · 06-11-2007, 03:45 PM

Ron, that's just 45 years from my first luger

cirelaw · 06-11-2007, 03:47 PM

Would you please be so kind, and describe her.

Ron Smith · 06-11-2007, 03:59 PM

Hey Ron,

That's great!! Congratulations!! It's only been about 20 since my first one, but I still remember it.

Ron

wlyon · 06-11-2007, 06:55 PM

Ron That's great!! My first was 47 years ago but I started late. They were expensive then comparatively and are worse now. Bill

lugerholsterrepair · 06-11-2007, 07:14 PM

Ron, And you hardly look 50 years old...Must be a fond memory. What was it? Jerry Burney

tracyp · 06-11-2007, 07:28 PM

Ron,

Congratulations!!! Do you still have the first one?

Tracy

Ron Wood · 06-11-2007, 07:59 PM

It was a 42 byf in nearly new condition with a nice holster in the same condition and two matching magazines. It cost me $35.

That first Luger is long gone, part of a series of trades over the next three years that ended up with a 1908 Commercial that I still have. The year 1957 was a monumental year for me, I graduated from high school, bought my first Luger, bought my first car a 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe, and met my wife-to-be. Although the Luger is gone, I still have the Model A and Sarah has stuck with me all these years. Two out of three ain't bad!

the gunman · 06-11-2007, 09:26 PM

45 years for me Ron. My first was an Erfurt can't remember the year. Long Long Gone
but not forgot.

06-11-2007, 02:33 PM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,009 Thanks: 1,088 Thanked 5,140 Times in 1,690 Posts	Golden Anniversary Fifty years ago this month I bought my first Luger. It has been a fun time. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

06-11-2007, 03:06 PM	#2
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 349 Times in 129 Posts	Congratulations Ron! I wish you fifty more years of collection!! Cheers, Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

06-11-2007, 03:59 PM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hey Ron, That's great!! Congratulations!! It's only been about 20 since my first one, but I still remember it. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-11-2007, 06:55 PM	#7
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,627 Thanks: 3,166 Thanked 2,547 Times in 951 Posts	Ron That's great!! My first was 47 years ago but I started late. They were expensive then comparatively and are worse now. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

06-11-2007, 07:14 PM	#8
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,766 Thanks: 4,883 Thanked 3,121 Times in 1,432 Posts	Ron, And you hardly look 50 years old...Must be a fond memory. What was it? Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

06-11-2007, 03:45 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	CONGRADULATIONS Its just like your first girfriend, you might run into her years from now, but the feeling the same.

06-11-2007, 03:45 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,987 Times in 1,205 Posts	Ron, that's just 45 years from my first luger

06-11-2007, 03:47 PM	#5
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Would you please be so kind, and describe her.

06-11-2007, 07:28 PM	#9
tracyp User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 391 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Ron, Congratulations!!! Do you still have the first one? Tracy

06-11-2007, 07:59 PM	#10
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,009 Thanks: 1,088 Thanked 5,140 Times in 1,690 Posts	It was a 42 byf in nearly new condition with a nice holster in the same condition and two matching magazines. It cost me $35. That first Luger is long gone, part of a series of trades over the next three years that ended up with a 1908 Commercial that I still have. The year 1957 was a monumental year for me, I graduated from high school, bought my first Luger, bought my first car a 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe, and met my wife-to-be. Although the Luger is gone, I still have the Model A and Sarah has stuck with me all these years. Two out of three ain't bad! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

06-11-2007, 09:26 PM	#11
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	45 years for me Ron. My first was an Erfurt can't remember the year. Long Long Gone but not forgot.

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