Old ads

Edward Tinker · 01-02-2019, 02:20 PM

Old ad, but whats interesting is how it states - 'Expertly Refinished'

So, I wonder how many times perfect are refinished or we correctly say refinished, but was done by their jobbers.....

DonVoigt · 01-02-2019, 02:26 PM

Well, it doesn't say "when" they were expertly refinished; so it could have been after import or before export- and if before then even 30 years before.

I expect they are exactly what we think they are today, refinished post factory- and pretty easy to tell they are not original.

JMHO.

Sieger · 01-02-2019, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Well, it doesn't say "when" they were expertly refinished; so it could have been after import or before export- and if before then even 30 years before.

I expect they are exactly what we think they are today, refinished post factory- and pretty easy to tell they are not original.

JMHO.

Don,

What does JMHO mean?

Sieger

abukafura · 01-02-2019, 03:48 PM

It means "Just My Honest Opinion."
I also used to wonder about these letters and many others as well

Ron Wood · 01-02-2019, 03:58 PM

I usually consider it to mean "just my humble opinion", but that is just my humble opinion.

Ron

DonVoigt · 01-02-2019, 04:28 PM

Just my humble opinion.
Another I like and is frequently applicable:
IIRC- If I recall correctly

IMO- In my opinion

SWAG- scientific wild ass guess :0

Kyrie · 01-02-2019, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Old ad, but whats interesting is how it states - 'Expertly Refinished'

So, I wonder how many times perfect are refinished or we correctly say refinished, but was done by their jobbers.....

Some more vintage Ads:

DonVoigt · 01-02-2019, 04:49 PM

Kyrie and Ed,
any dates on your ads?

Plenty of misinformation available for a long time, SA = Suomen Airforce;

and here I thought it was for Suomi Armeji, I guess their air force was much larger than I thought.

Edward Tinker · 01-02-2019, 04:53 PM

$spf – sold pending funds
LOL - lots of laughs
BBT - Big Brown Truck (UPS)
SPF - sold pending funds
obvious ones - WTB - WTS - WTT (want to buy / want to sell / want to trade)
IMO in my opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
FWIW for what its worth
IDK I don't know
LMAO laugh my arse off
ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor LMAO
LGS....local gun shop
BTT (Back to the Top / Bumped to the Top).

Edward Tinker · 01-02-2019, 04:54 PM

I am not sure of age, but I have some saved on my computer, will look, have a complete sales brochure of 5-8 pages

Edward Tinker · 01-02-2019, 04:58 PM

another

Sieger · 01-02-2019, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Kyrie and Ed,
any dates on your ads?

Plenty of misinformation available for a long time, SA = Suomen Airforce;

and here I thought it was for Suomi Armeji, I guess their air force was much larger than I thought.

Don,

You are SAH right about those early adds!!!

Sieger

Kyrie · 01-02-2019, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Kyrie and Ed,
any dates on your ads?
--- snip ---

The ads I posted are from a roughly 10 year period, circa 1985 - 1995. Those were the days :-)

I think I still have five or six hundred rounds of that Finn 7,65P ammunition.

Kyrie · 01-02-2019, 05:45 PM

Let's go back to circa 1930.

Beistegui Hermanos Royal machine-pistol:

JTD · 01-02-2019, 06:05 PM

I remember those SGN adds.

Lugerdoc · 01-03-2019, 09:30 AM

Your first Hunter's Lodge ad is from around 1959, certainly prior to the 1968 GCA, when i purchase my first PO8 from them. As i recall, I also got an exc orig WW2 PO8 holster for $5 or $10 additional. TH

hayhugh · 01-03-2019, 10:31 AM

Back in 1956 I purchased a Luger thru the mail for @ $25/30 out of California. I had that, a Ruger (paid $40.00) and a S&W K22 ($67.00). Just something to pink around with. Never did much with them after I got married. About 15/20 years ago one of my nephews ask if I still had the Luger and I ask if he needed it. I exchanged it for a T-shirt he had. Forward up to about 10 years ago when I got into guns again. Now that I was serious about Lugers I ask nephew to take a serious look at my old luger. He said that he had sold it for $800.00 back when he needed the money. I ask him if he had ever done any research on it. He said that someone he knew had checked and said it was somewhat special in that all numbers matched including the magazine and where it had been made but other then that he did not remember that much. The Ruger I sold last year for $450.00 and the K22 for $1000.00. So goes life...……..

Sonofeugene · 01-04-2019, 04:05 PM

I wonder if my father saw an ad like those just before he bought his Luger. He bought it in 1948 while he was working and going to school in San Francisco. He paid 35 dollars to a Missouri dealer who threw in a box of ammo for it.

Major Tom · 01-06-2019, 09:12 AM

Remember 'Kleins' in downtown Chicago in the late 50s?

DonVoigt · 01-06-2019, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Major Tom

Remember 'Kleins' in downtown Chicago in the late 50s?

Yes, lots of folks remember Klein's; they sold the Carcano to LHO that he used to shoot JFK.

I'm surprised Klein's survived that episode, or maybe they did not- I don't believe they are still around.

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,917 Thanks: 1,996 Thanked 4,508 Times in 2,082 Posts	Old ads Old ad, but whats interesting is how it states - 'Expertly Refinished' So, I wonder how many times perfect are refinished or we correctly say refinished, but was done by their jobbers..... Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Well, it doesn't say "when" they were expertly refinished; so it could have been after import or before export- and if before then even 30 years before. I expect they are exactly what we think they are today, refinished post factory- and pretty easy to tell they are not original. JMHO. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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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: 6,994 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 5,108 Times in 1,681 Posts	I usually consider it to mean "just my humble opinion", but that is just my humble opinion. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Just my humble opinion. Another I like and is frequently applicable: IIRC- If I recall correctly IMO- In my opinion SWAG- scientific wild ass guess :0 __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Kyrie and Ed, any dates on your ads? Plenty of misinformation available for a long time, SA = Suomen Airforce; and here I thought it was for Suomi Armeji, I guess their air force was much larger than I thought. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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abukafura Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, near Greeen Bay Posts: 327 Thanks: 1,314 Thanked 89 Times in 57 Posts	It means "Just My Honest Opinion." I also used to wonder about these letters and many others as well

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,917 Thanks: 1,996 Thanked 4,508 Times in 2,082 Posts	$spf – sold pending funds LOL - lots of laughs BBT - Big Brown Truck (UPS) SPF - sold pending funds obvious ones - WTB - WTS - WTT (want to buy / want to sell / want to trade) IMO in my opinion IMHO in my humble opinion FWIW for what its worth IDK I don't know LMAO laugh my arse off ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor LMAO LGS....local gun shop BTT (Back to the Top / Bumped to the Top).

01-02-2019, 04:54 PM	#10
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,917 Thanks: 1,996 Thanked 4,508 Times in 2,082 Posts	I am not sure of age, but I have some saved on my computer, will look, have a complete sales brochure of 5-8 pages

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,917 Thanks: 1,996 Thanked 4,508 Times in 2,082 Posts	another Attached Thumbnails

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Kyrie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 757 Thanks: 0 Thanked 212 Times in 101 Posts	Let's go back to circa 1930. Beistegui Hermanos Royal machine-pistol:

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JTD User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 424 Thanks: 217 Thanked 407 Times in 148 Posts	I remember those SGN adds.

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Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Your first Hunter's Lodge ad is from around 1959, certainly prior to the 1968 GCA, when i purchase my first PO8 from them. As i recall, I also got an exc orig WW2 PO8 holster for $5 or $10 additional. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

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hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 886 Thanks: 851 Thanked 509 Times in 272 Posts	Back in 1956 I purchased a Luger thru the mail for @ $25/30 out of California. I had that, a Ruger (paid $40.00) and a S&W K22 ($67.00). Just something to pink around with. Never did much with them after I got married. About 15/20 years ago one of my nephews ask if I still had the Luger and I ask if he needed it. I exchanged it for a T-shirt he had. Forward up to about 10 years ago when I got into guns again. Now that I was serious about Lugers I ask nephew to take a serious look at my old luger. He said that he had sold it for $800.00 back when he needed the money. I ask him if he had ever done any research on it. He said that someone he knew had checked and said it was somewhat special in that all numbers matched including the magazine and where it had been made but other then that he did not remember that much. The Ruger I sold last year for $450.00 and the K22 for $1000.00. So goes life...……..

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Sonofeugene User Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 157 Thanks: 1 Thanked 118 Times in 64 Posts	I wonder if my father saw an ad like those just before he bought his Luger. He bought it in 1948 while he was working and going to school in San Francisco. He paid 35 dollars to a Missouri dealer who threw in a box of ammo for it.

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 483 Thanks: 532 Thanked 227 Times in 124 Posts	Remember 'Kleins' in downtown Chicago in the late 50s? __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes