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01-27-2003, 08:02 PM | #21 |
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Chuck,
I think there was one question, left unanswered... Did you bag this great luger in the trade for a recorder (i.e. audio equipment) or for a recorder (one of those wooden, flute/type instruments) ??? If you say wooden flute thingy, I think a couple of our advanced collectors will just pass out... p.s. It might be time to think about an insurance policy on this luger. Since it's value appears to have sky-rocketed since you nabbed it in that trade in the 1960's. Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" /> |
01-28-2003, 10:59 AM | #22 |
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Hi Pete,
What is a wooden flute type recorder? The recorder in question was a Tanberg Reel-to-Reel. In those days, voice recorders were large and unwieldly. The owner of the luger wanted the recorder and I wanted the luger. After several weeks of discussions over a few (many) beers, the trade was made. In all honesty, I thought the trade was straight up and fair (we both walked away happy). It was within the past week, after your fellows shocked me, that I realized I had the better of the deal. I would share the windfall with the guy with my recorder, if I could find him. WR offered to trade me an AKAI recorder (with manual)for the luger. Unfortunately (for him) I have advanced to the state-of-the-art 8-track. I am still amazed at how much information is still available on these old pieces. I would have thought most of the records were destroyed during the war. Roger on the insurance policy. It will reside in the safe deposit box until I make a decision to sell. Well, expecting snow today so I guess I had better have another cup up joe and another layer of warm clothes before I start shoveling again. regards, chuck, |
01-29-2003, 03:53 PM | #24 |
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Thanks Todd,
Is that a 7.62mm or 8mm. chuck, |
01-30-2003, 06:50 AM | #25 |
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That, good sir, is a fabulously rare example of a .577/.450 chambering. Utilising the same cartridge as the 1871 Martini-Henry rifle, it was used by British intelligence agents as a weapon of assassination, last-resort self-defence, and suicide. Interestingly enough, it was also a functional wind instrument.
Note the early flash hider design and vented forearm grip. =) |
01-30-2003, 11:55 AM | #26 |
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I think the venting of the gases were painful and that is why few were made, let alone sold...
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