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BILL · 10-31-2001, 09:34 PM

It is amazing to think of the glut of Lugers in the late '50s and early '60s. I do remember being 12 yrs old in Chicago and stopping into an 'Army Store' that had a huge nazi banner across the back, bins of army/navy surplus blankets and a glass display case in the front that had about 150 or more Lugers and P.38s lined up. They were $35.00 each except for some long barreled ones that were $50.00. Of course I had no money and was not old enough to even think about anything other than 'How cool it would be to own one of these German pistols'. It was the summer of 1960 and there were a few 'silver' Lugers that the owner of the shop showed us. They were his "special collection" at the time. It is nice to see one of these again featured on our Lugerforum.

10-31-2001, 09:34 PM	#1
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: new monthly picture It is amazing to think of the glut of Lugers in the late '50s and early '60s. I do remember being 12 yrs old in Chicago and stopping into an 'Army Store' that had a huge nazi banner across the back, bins of army/navy surplus blankets and a glass display case in the front that had about 150 or more Lugers and P.38s lined up. They were $35.00 each except for some long barreled ones that were $50.00. Of course I had no money and was not old enough to even think about anything other than 'How cool it would be to own one of these German pistols'. It was the summer of 1960 and there were a few 'silver' Lugers that the owner of the shop showed us. They were his "special collection" at the time. It is nice to see one of these again featured on our Lugerforum.