Old Luger add.

Doug G. · 06-23-2003, 11:34 PM

Found this add in the Sept 1965 American Rifleman mag. Wish I was a little older now! <img border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" title="" src="graemlins/cussing.gif" /> In case you can't make it out, it says to add $10 for a matching numbered mag!

Ron Wood · 06-24-2003, 12:06 AM

P.08,
It is all relative. In 1965 I was making $222.50 a month with a wife and new daughter. So $60 for an all matching Luger seemed like a lot.

ViggoG · 06-24-2003, 12:34 AM

Ron and P-08,
If Matching Numbered Magazines were available for any Luger Advertised in this add, Then what happened to all of the unordered magazines?

Or could it be? That if any order were for a Luger and Matching Magazine included a magazine that was stamped as a function of filling the order. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
In other words Forced Matched on demand, much the same as some still practice today !

Gives one something to think about, Does it not ?
Questions, Questions, Questions ???

ViggoG <img border="0" alt="[bigbye]" title="" src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" />

Hairy · 06-24-2003, 07:23 AM

Ron's comment reminds me that the rent my parents paid back then was $60 a month for a 2 bed/1 bath apartment in Chicago.

Doug G. · 06-24-2003, 08:48 AM

Ron, only being 1yr old at the time. Are you saying that $50 back then is equivalent to $400-500?

Lugerdoc · 06-24-2003, 10:03 AM

Ron, I thought $222.50 per month sounded familiar. Could it be that we were both O-1s with zero longevitiy in the military in 1965? A couple of my roomies had done 4 years in the reserve before coming on active duty and were marking almost twice as much as you and I. Live and learn. TH

Ron Wood · 06-24-2003, 08:47 PM

P.08,
I would say that is a close approximation. $50 was real close to a week's pay.

Tom,
Your memory serves you correctly...O-1 or "butterbars" as we were sometimes referred to, not necessarily affectionately.

AGE · 06-24-2003, 11:17 PM

Back about then I bought a GI 1911 .45 through the DCM for $12.50 and a .30 Carbine for $20. $50 was a lot of money.

06-23-2003, 11:34 PM	#1
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	Old Luger add. Found this add in the Sept 1965 American Rifleman mag. Wish I was a little older now! <img border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" title="" src="graemlins/cussing.gif" /> In case you can't make it out, it says to add $10 for a matching numbered mag! __________________ Suppose you were an idiot.....and suppose you were a member of Congress.....But I repeat myself" ~~ Mark Twain

06-24-2003, 12:06 AM	#2
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: 7,005 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 5,139 Times in 1,689 Posts	P.08, It is all relative. In 1965 I was making $222.50 a month with a wife and new daughter. So $60 for an all matching Luger seemed like a lot. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

06-24-2003, 08:48 AM	#5
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	Ron, only being 1yr old at the time. Are you saying that $50 back then is equivalent to $400-500? __________________ Suppose you were an idiot.....and suppose you were a member of Congress.....But I repeat myself" ~~ Mark Twain

06-24-2003, 10:03 AM	#6
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	Ron, I thought $222.50 per month sounded familiar. Could it be that we were both O-1s with zero longevitiy in the military in 1965? A couple of my roomies had done 4 years in the reserve before coming on active duty and were marking almost twice as much as you and I. Live and learn. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

06-24-2003, 08:47 PM	#7
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: 7,005 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 5,139 Times in 1,689 Posts	P.08, I would say that is a close approximation. $50 was real close to a week's pay. Tom, Your memory serves you correctly...O-1 or "butterbars" as we were sometimes referred to, not necessarily affectionately. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

06-24-2003, 12:34 AM	#3
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ron and P-08, If Matching Numbered Magazines were available for any Luger Advertised in this add, Then what happened to all of the unordered magazines? Or could it be? That if any order were for a Luger and Matching Magazine included a magazine that was stamped as a function of filling the order. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> In other words Forced Matched on demand, much the same as some still practice today ! Gives one something to think about, Does it not ? Questions, Questions, Questions ??? ViggoG <img border="0" alt="[bigbye]" title="" src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" />

06-24-2003, 07:23 AM	#4
Hairy User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Hudson, FL Posts: 120 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron's comment reminds me that the rent my parents paid back then was $60 a month for a 2 bed/1 bath apartment in Chicago.

06-24-2003, 11:17 PM	#8
AGE User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 597 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Back about then I bought a GI 1911 .45 through the DCM for $12.50 and a .30 Carbine for $20. $50 was a lot of money. __________________ Al Eggers (AGE) NRA Life Member