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Unread 11-17-2001, 08:15 PM   #1
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I got home from taking a test yesterday and while in Seattle, I picked up a 1952 Stoeger book. Inside is an ad for Grade 1, 2 and 3 for used Lugers. That is $75, 60 and $45.00 each!


(Below is a P38 ad also), the 2nd ad is a parts page. I left both larger, so if you want to see them, then just go to this link.


http://users.palouse.com/ttinker/luger/page1.jpg


http://users.palouse.com/ttinker/luger/page2.jpg


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Unread 11-17-2001, 09:41 PM   #2
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That is great!! Thanks for sharing. Now I need to find a time warp, get an FFL and bring back a bunch of Lugers!

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Unread 11-17-2001, 10:06 PM   #3
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Hey,


Thanks for the info...I'll take 2 of them now! Wow, wouldn't that be great? Where is George Orwell whn we need him?


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Unread 11-17-2001, 10:34 PM   #4
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Bart; you didn"t need a FFL back then. You just paid for it and walked out, or ordered it thru the mail!!


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Unread 11-18-2001, 01:12 AM   #5
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I remember that catalog well.

Its one of my reference and supply sources when I was part timing in the Gun Repair Trade (Licensed FFL Gunsmith),To which I could not devote enough time to for it to be a viable business.

Its stored in my old books in who knows what condition.

I was a four year owner of my 1906 Eagle at the time.

Brings back good memories, Thanks for the flashback.

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Unread 11-18-2001, 01:22 AM   #6
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Default Re: 1952 Stoeger ads & FFL License

I'll vouch for that.

I ordered mine via US mail.

Took 12 days to get it back.

The good old days, A pity I was so dumb,

And worse that I did not improve much.

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Unread 11-18-2001, 08:37 AM   #7
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Default Re: 1952 Stoeger ads

Good information to see the prices when I was only 3 years old. What would the prices shown in 1952 be in todays dollars? I don't know how much my dad was making then, but I would bet thoses prices were high then as they are in todays dollars.


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Unread 11-18-2001, 11:55 AM   #8
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I try to keep in mind the prices too.


I seem to remember $35.00 Luger's in ear;y 60's magazines (and I was only a fe years old then ;>) so either they were reworks or what?


I know that a 65 Mustang was less than $2,500 loaded well, so money went a bit farther, which meant you made less!


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Unread 11-18-2001, 11:59 AM   #9
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At a time when you could walk into any store and buy a handgun with no questions ask, or even order one through the mail you never heard of a school shooting or a drive by shooting. You didn't have to have a burglar alarm on your house, and could even go off and leave your house unlocked. The gun grabbers like to use the easy availability of handguns as the cause of all our problems, but history does not bear them out.



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Unread 11-18-2001, 02:38 PM   #10
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I believe it was Ye Olde Hunter that sold all the Lugers in the late '50's or early '60's starting at $35.00. At that time a Luger was a Luger and the only difference in price was for the different barrel lengths. Nothing had been done to the Lugers, and some were in truly nice condition.



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Unread 11-18-2001, 03:02 PM   #11
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Yes, back then a Luger was a Luger to most people I am sure. But, even way back then, there were collectors who knew the score and the odds of picking up a really fine condition rare Luger in the mail was probably about as good as it is now. The interesting parallel is the Russian imports. While they have had stuff done to them they are still the closest thing to 'cheap, easily available Lugers'. It is interesting how 1952 seems like ancient history. I was four years old but I am interested in basically the same things and it seems like only yesterday.

"Take me to your Luger!"



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Unread 11-18-2001, 08:54 PM   #12
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I have a K date Luger that my mom bought for my stepdad in May of 1963. The sales slip reads Mauser Nazi K German pistol model 08, matching numbers, original clip and grips for 75.00$ He gave it to me 4 years ago and Thor has it now. By the way, it wasn"t all matching and didn"t have the original clip. But who cared in 1963, it was ONLY a Luger!! The pistol came from Hunters Lodge in Alexandria, Va. I still have the sales slip.


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Unread 11-18-2001, 10:35 PM   #13
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My best recall is approx 1 - 15 .

I seem to recall my NACA Machinest Salary as about $1.70+ / hr. or $3500.00 /yr.

Just my recall.

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Unread 11-18-2001, 10:45 PM   #14
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I purchased my 1906 AE Shooter for $35

Which cost me about 1/2 weeks pay.

Only 4 years earlier.

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Unread 11-19-2001, 09:32 AM   #15
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I puchased my first luger in 1959 from Hunter's Lodge for $39.95 and received a Nazi holster & 100 rds of Canadian SMG ammo for $10 more, from the procedes of my paper route. By the time I had my first full time job as an Ensign in the Navy in 1964, making $222.50/month, a PO8 or P38 would have to be mint, for me to spend a week's pay ($50) for it. tom h



 
 

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