Two Date Navy

Big Norm · 04-04-2007, 01:42 PM

Tim,
sometimes, its a matter of price. There are a lot of very nice navy Lugers out there, but guys are sitting on them for a number of reasons. FGS has a lot of good Lugers of all kinds, but his prices are up there. Him and Simpson are the price setters in the Luger world. The internet challenges but is not as good because you are dealing with an unknown seller. With Doug Smith and Simpson, you can go to the guns shows and physically examine the guns. The draw back from buying a gun at a gun show is that you are tired from the long drive to many of the shows, the lighting often makes it hard to tell an expertly restored gun from an original, many gun dealers won't let you take a Luger apart to check the numbers and so on and so forth. Then there is the emotional thing. The buyer wants the gun.

Personally, I think that every collector has been burned at one time or the other. There are things to do that will help like, seeking a second opinion from someone that you trust. Patience is also good but sometimes hard to practice. This forum and Jan Stills forum is good too. It takes time to really know your subject, be it Lugers or any other collecting. Sometimes just talking it up with other Luger people helps. I'm good at talking so I am going to close this discussion for now. Good luck and happy hunting.
Big Norm

04-04-2007, 01:42 PM	#1
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Tim, sometimes, its a matter of price. There are a lot of very nice navy Lugers out there, but guys are sitting on them for a number of reasons. FGS has a lot of good Lugers of all kinds, but his prices are up there. Him and Simpson are the price setters in the Luger world. The internet challenges but is not as good because you are dealing with an unknown seller. With Doug Smith and Simpson, you can go to the guns shows and physically examine the guns. The draw back from buying a gun at a gun show is that you are tired from the long drive to many of the shows, the lighting often makes it hard to tell an expertly restored gun from an original, many gun dealers won't let you take a Luger apart to check the numbers and so on and so forth. Then there is the emotional thing. The buyer wants the gun. Personally, I think that every collector has been burned at one time or the other. There are things to do that will help like, seeking a second opinion from someone that you trust. Patience is also good but sometimes hard to practice. This forum and Jan Stills forum is good too. It takes time to really know your subject, be it Lugers or any other collecting. Sometimes just talking it up with other Luger people helps. I'm good at talking so I am going to close this discussion for now. Good luck and happy hunting. Big Norm