Getting a Luger Home...?

Big Norm · 05-02-2002, 01:19 PM

For a while, I thought that I would get into the collecting of Kreighoff Lugers. I got a 1936,1937, 1943 and a P-Code w/side inscription. I had read all the books and had a number of other Lugers. Then I heard a lot of talk about fake Kreighoffs. So I tried to get "expert" opinions. I physically showed them to Shattuck, Ken Karsted, Doug Smith and some local Luger collectors. Nobody could say for sure that they had monkeyed with. But nobody would say that the guns had not been messed with. So I just decided that the guns where authentic and poured myself a cold one. But the uncertainy of the number and quality of the "experts" left me a bit cold on Keighoffs and other rarish Lugers and I have not bought any more. In some cases, there is no certainy. The rarer the gun, the less help you can get and the more uncertainy there is.

The point is, if you have done all you can then be happy.

Big Norm

05-02-2002, 01:19 PM	#13
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Keighoffs For a while, I thought that I would get into the collecting of Kreighoff Lugers. I got a 1936,1937, 1943 and a P-Code w/side inscription. I had read all the books and had a number of other Lugers. Then I heard a lot of talk about fake Kreighoffs. So I tried to get "expert" opinions. I physically showed them to Shattuck, Ken Karsted, Doug Smith and some local Luger collectors. Nobody could say for sure that they had monkeyed with. But nobody would say that the guns had not been messed with. So I just decided that the guns where authentic and poured myself a cold one. But the uncertainy of the number and quality of the "experts" left me a bit cold on Keighoffs and other rarish Lugers and I have not bought any more. In some cases, there is no certainy. The rarer the gun, the less help you can get and the more uncertainy there is. The point is, if you have done all you can then be happy. Big Norm