How long have you collected, owned, or studied Lugers? - Page 2

Frank · 06-04-2004, 02:23 PM

Hi Sandi, I thought I was the youngest pup in the neighborhood. I have been interested in Lugers for at least 9 days!!

Well maybe a bit longer!!!!

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

the gunman · 06-04-2004, 03:10 PM

Guess I join the ranks of the oldtimers 45+ years collecting . sure wish I had what went through my hands. First luger was one my dad got from the local bartender.Think I was 14 at the time.I can remember when they were all over the place for 35.00 .but who the hell had 35.00. Got an MP44 from a friends dad.To
dewat it, it he filled the barrel with tar. Long ago and far away. Sure love those lugers

Stevie · 06-13-2004, 02:07 PM

I don't know if I would qualify as a Luger collector or not. My interests are varied, I started originaly collecting U.S Martials(Mil-issue pistols),got married and sold most to survive. I then started a more general collection, handguns and bolt rifles from WWI-WWII. Of course a Parabellum is required for such projects, and P08's are a lot of fun(I shoot all my guns). I bought my first Luger about 6 years ago, and my second one 2 summers back.

Stevie.

Dwight Gruber · 06-13-2004, 02:24 PM

Stevie,

One Luger makes you an owner. Two makes you a collector.
<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

--Dwight

ViggoG · 06-13-2004, 09:17 PM

I have been facinated with the Luger Pistole since as a child I learned of My Father receiving Ahe Purple Heart for a pistol wound to the right wrist by a German Artillery Sniper using a Lange P-08 with a Snail Drum Magazine in France during WW-1. For many years I looked longingly at the Mariners Museum Small Arms Collection which has more than a dozen Minty Navy P-08's of every type.
After much Deep Thought and consultation with my Wife we seem to place my one and only "1906 AE Luger" Acqisition in the 1948 - 1949 era, From A local Pawn Shop for $35.00 . I was 25 years old.
I guess that this makes me a "Semi Centerian" Owner.
Are There More of you "Old Timers" out there that are willing to stop lurking and "Come in Out of The Woods" and "Fess Up" to your age?
ViggoG

Steve Richards · 06-14-2004, 11:35 PM

My introduction to Lugers came in 1968 when an older friend had a comerical .30cal with a 4.75" barrel. That kind of set me on what a Luger should look like. I then went to college, got married and did not buy any guns until about 5 years ago when I spent two weeks on the internet tracking down the manufacturer of the stainless Lugers.

I bought one and have been hooked! My collection now stands at 5. I am also interrested in Astras and just bought a model 300 this weekend.

Ron Wood · 06-15-2004, 01:13 AM

Viggo has me beat a mile. I have been collecting/studying Lugers for 47 years. I still do not have a Luger per year to show for it (collection currently stands at 42 Lugers plus a Borchardt).

Ron Smith · 06-16-2004, 08:46 AM

GO!!! Sandi..... <img border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" title="" src="graemlins/bigok.gif" />

ViggoG · 06-17-2004, 12:54 AM

Just a comment on a quote by Ron Smith,

<blockquote>quote:<hr />"Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch..." <hr /></blockquote>Ron, You should Thank "The Weasel",You Cannot Drink Your Lunch "WITH THE CORK IN IT" <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[cherrsagai]" title="" src="graemlins/drink.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />
ViggoG <img border="0" alt="[burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />

Ron Smith · 06-17-2004, 02:26 PM

Viggo, As my hero, W.C. would say, "True..,Very True!"
<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />
Ron

Frank H. · 06-19-2004, 02:00 AM

Hi, this is my first post to the "new" LugerForum, I might have had a post or two on the original one. This is Frank Harvey in Southern California, and though I was attracted to Lugers from 12 yrs old or so, it really was about 6 years ago that I REALLY had the "got to have" desire going, Thor (Ted) was helpful to me 4 years or so back with my newbie questions, thanks Ted and thanks to all who have provided great info here as I have been lurking.

I'm in Kalifornia where a 1917 Artillery Luger is considered a Saturday Night Special LOL, and finally TOMORROW my 10 day wait is over to take actual delivery of my first "real Luger", that 1917 Artillery.

(Edit added, I got that 1917 Artillery in, photos and info under "1917 Artillery - reblue" in the Artillery section of the forum).

4 days ago I got my first "Luger type" so to speak, my 10 day wait was finally up for a Mauser 6" Interarms Luger, also from an auction contact.

Moral of the story, I'm hopelessly hooked. Lugers are works of craftsman art, which will forever yearn and beckon to my heart for further familiarity and "access". The stories of $36, $42 Lugers of days gone by, wow...

I should have started sooner, but I'm starting on my 2 year old son's collection, now...

Frank H.

John Sabato · 06-20-2004, 10:41 AM

Welcome to the fraternity Frank Harvey... consider yourself among kindred spirits...

John Lee Enfield · 06-20-2004, 03:03 PM

Hello,

I bought my first P08 about one year ago and got my second one yesterday (1939, 42 code). Everything matching except barrel which is a civilian one. Should be a good shooter as it's in very good condition with absolutely mint barrel.
The forum is great - lots of good information!

Balder · 06-21-2004, 08:26 AM

I've always been interested in guns, maybe because my father was in charge of an SOE/resistance operation in Norway 1943-45 and had quite a few guns. I have been collecting guns for more than 25 years now. I've had several Lugers over the years, I now have three. My most recent acquisition is a byf 42 Black Widow that my father or his brother picked off a German during the liberation of my country in May 1945. Apart from the Lugers I have quite a few WW2 guns, my core area of collecting is guns used by the Norwegian resistance, I have most of them now - and then some. To the extent I have any gems in my collection, they must be the US test Eagle and a Savage M1928 Thompson. I'm also quite fond of my BREN and Vickers machineguns.

Balder

Balder · 06-21-2004, 10:08 AM

Wow! I tried to set an avatar picture, does it appear giant to anybody else? If so, what's the trick to keep its size moderate?

Balder

John Sabato · 06-21-2004, 10:55 AM

I made the Avatar adjustment for you Balder... You should create the image to be the size you need before uploading... What I normally do is download an Avatar that is about the size I want it to be, and then use it as a model in the same software that I manipulate graphics (Paint Shop Pro - yes, this is a shameless and uncompensated endorsement of that software... it is cheap, easy to use, and gets launched several times a day to support my day job).

Balder · 06-21-2004, 11:26 AM

Thanks John, highly appreciated. I guess I should have thought of that. Sorry for not using a Luger picture, but I felt that this one was a better reflection of my interests.

Balder

John Sabato · 06-21-2004, 12:48 PM

No problem Balder, 1911 Colts and Subguns are one of my long interests too...

I carried a Government Issue 1911A1 for 20 years. If I had to enter a fight with a pistol, it is still the one I want in my hand... nothing newer will do.

Balder · 06-21-2004, 06:19 PM

Agreed John, I've carried it in the line of duty and I wouldn't trust anything else.

Balder

Waschbaer · 06-21-2004, 11:52 PM

Personally, I've been interested since I was a wee little boy, knee high to a grasshopper. In 2001 (may have been late 2000) I bought my first parabellum for around nine hundred dollars in gold (Imperial German 20 mark pieces). I guess you could call that "fitting" for a 1915, eh? Yes, I'm a strange one, probably one of the few people nowadays who would blow 900 $ on a pistol at age twenty. I had to have it though. I wish I had the coins too now, but you can't have everything you want. One day I'll put those back in my collection. Just recently I bought my second parabellum for 400$, a buffed out whoknowswhat, with artificially dished toggles, no markings, nothing, just the frame serial number. That one stays under my pillow at night so I have something to snuggle with. (And I wonder why my wife left me... <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" /> ) Beyond that, I seem to be the only one whose family was on the receiving end of all the bombs in WWII on this forum. One of my grandpappies was in Finland with a heavy MG company in the Waffen SS, honestly now, how many of your pappys and grandpappys tried to pot him?? <img border="0" alt="[nono]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" /> The other stayed at home and put out all the incendiaries while my mother, grandmother, and aunt stayed in the bomb shelter. Come to think of it, there's still a dud in our backyard (scary huh?). My main interest is Imperial German "stuff"-- everything, really. I collect both coins and guns, stamps too when they come around. Well, I seem to be blabbering on and on, better shut up before my mouth falls off. <img border="0" alt="[blabla]" title="" src="graemlins/a_smil17.gif" /> I do love this forum!!! Prost! <img border="0" alt="[cherrsagai]" title="" src="graemlins/drink.gif" /> Next I want to get a shooter artillery and a shooter navy, then the collectible types... I need a higher paying job. Highest regards too all my fellow luger lunatics, Tom.

06-15-2004, 01:13 AM	#27
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: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	Viggo has me beat a mile. I have been collecting/studying Lugers for 47 years. I still do not have a Luger per year to show for it (collection currently stands at 42 Lugers plus a Borchardt). __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

06-16-2004, 08:46 AM	#28
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	GO!!! Sandi..... <img border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" title="" src="graemlins/bigok.gif" /> __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-17-2004, 12:54 AM	#29
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just a comment on a quote by Ron Smith, </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">"Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch..." </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Ron, You should Thank "The Weasel",You Cannot Drink Your Lunch "WITH THE CORK IN IT" <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[cherrsagai]" title="" src="graemlins/drink.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> ViggoG <img border="0" alt="[burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />

06-17-2004, 02:26 PM	#30
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Viggo, As my hero, W.C. would say, "True..,Very True!" <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" /> Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-20-2004, 10:41 AM	#32
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Welcome to the fraternity Frank Harvey... consider yourself among kindred spirits... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

06-04-2004, 02:23 PM	#21
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Hi Sandi, I thought I was the youngest pup in the neighborhood. I have been interested in Lugers for at least 9 days!! Well maybe a bit longer!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

06-04-2004, 03:10 PM	#22
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Guess I join the ranks of the oldtimers 45+ years collecting . sure wish I had what went through my hands. First luger was one my dad got from the local bartender.Think I was 14 at the time.I can remember when they were all over the place for 35.00 .but who the hell had 35.00. Got an MP44 from a friends dad.To dewat it, it he filled the barrel with tar. Long ago and far away. Sure love those lugers

06-13-2004, 02:07 PM	#23
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't know if I would qualify as a Luger collector or not. My interests are varied, I started originaly collecting U.S Martials(Mil-issue pistols),got married and sold most to survive. I then started a more general collection, handguns and bolt rifles from WWI-WWII. Of course a Parabellum is required for such projects, and P08's are a lot of fun(I shoot all my guns). I bought my first Luger about 6 years ago, and my second one 2 summers back. Stevie.

06-13-2004, 02:24 PM	#24
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,889 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,281 Times in 423 Posts	Stevie, One Luger makes you an owner. Two makes you a collector. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" /> --Dwight

06-13-2004, 09:17 PM	#25
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I have been facinated with the Luger Pistole since as a child I learned of My Father receiving Ahe Purple Heart for a pistol wound to the right wrist by a German Artillery Sniper using a Lange P-08 with a Snail Drum Magazine in France during WW-1. For many years I looked longingly at the Mariners Museum Small Arms Collection which has more than a dozen Minty Navy P-08's of every type. After much Deep Thought and consultation with my Wife we seem to place my one and only "1906 AE Luger" Acqisition in the 1948 - 1949 era, From A local Pawn Shop for $35.00 . I was 25 years old. I guess that this makes me a "Semi Centerian" Owner. Are There More of you "Old Timers" out there that are willing to stop lurking and "Come in Out of The Woods" and "Fess Up" to your age? ViggoG

06-14-2004, 11:35 PM	#26
Steve Richards User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 487 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My introduction to Lugers came in 1968 when an older friend had a comerical .30cal with a 4.75" barrel. That kind of set me on what a Luger should look like. I then went to college, got married and did not buy any guns until about 5 years ago when I spent two weeks on the internet tracking down the manufacturer of the stainless Lugers. I bought one and have been hooked! My collection now stands at 5. I am also interrested in Astras and just bought a model 300 this weekend.

06-19-2004, 02:00 AM	#31
Frank H. User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon, south of Portland Posts: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, this is my first post to the "new" LugerForum, I might have had a post or two on the original one. This is Frank Harvey in Southern California, and though I was attracted to Lugers from 12 yrs old or so, it really was about 6 years ago that I REALLY had the "got to have" desire going, Thor (Ted) was helpful to me 4 years or so back with my newbie questions, thanks Ted and thanks to all who have provided great info here as I have been lurking. I'm in Kalifornia where a 1917 Artillery Luger is considered a Saturday Night Special LOL, and finally TOMORROW my 10 day wait is over to take actual delivery of my first "real Luger", that 1917 Artillery. (Edit added, I got that 1917 Artillery in, photos and info under "1917 Artillery - reblue" in the Artillery section of the forum). 4 days ago I got my first "Luger type" so to speak, my 10 day wait was finally up for a Mauser 6" Interarms Luger, also from an auction contact. Moral of the story, I'm hopelessly hooked. Lugers are works of craftsman art, which will forever yearn and beckon to my heart for further familiarity and "access". The stories of $36, $42 Lugers of days gone by, wow... I should have started sooner, but I'm starting on my 2 year old son's collection, now... Frank H.

06-20-2004, 03:03 PM	#33
John Lee Enfield User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello, I bought my first P08 about one year ago and got my second one yesterday (1939, 42 code). Everything matching except barrel which is a civilian one. Should be a good shooter as it's in very good condition with absolutely mint barrel. The forum is great - lots of good information! __________________ JLE

06-21-2004, 08:26 AM	#34
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	I've always been interested in guns, maybe because my father was in charge of an SOE/resistance operation in Norway 1943-45 and had quite a few guns. I have been collecting guns for more than 25 years now. I've had several Lugers over the years, I now have three. My most recent acquisition is a byf 42 Black Widow that my father or his brother picked off a German during the liberation of my country in May 1945. Apart from the Lugers I have quite a few WW2 guns, my core area of collecting is guns used by the Norwegian resistance, I have most of them now - and then some. To the extent I have any gems in my collection, they must be the US test Eagle and a Savage M1928 Thompson. I'm also quite fond of my BREN and Vickers machineguns. Balder

06-21-2004, 10:08 AM	#35
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	Wow! I tried to set an avatar picture, does it appear giant to anybody else? If so, what's the trick to keep its size moderate? Balder

06-21-2004, 10:55 AM	#36
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	I made the Avatar adjustment for you Balder... You should create the image to be the size you need before uploading... What I normally do is download an Avatar that is about the size I want it to be, and then use it as a model in the same software that I manipulate graphics (Paint Shop Pro - yes, this is a shameless and uncompensated endorsement of that software... it is cheap, easy to use, and gets launched several times a day to support my day job). __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

06-21-2004, 11:26 AM	#37
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	Thanks John, highly appreciated. I guess I should have thought of that. Sorry for not using a Luger picture, but I felt that this one was a better reflection of my interests. Balder

06-21-2004, 12:48 PM	#38
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	No problem Balder, 1911 Colts and Subguns are one of my long interests too... I carried a Government Issue 1911A1 for 20 years. If I had to enter a fight with a pistol, it is still the one I want in my hand... nothing newer will do. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

06-21-2004, 06:19 PM	#39
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	Agreed John, I've carried it in the line of duty and I wouldn't trust anything else. Balder

06-21-2004, 11:52 PM	#40
Waschbaer User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Personally, I've been interested since I was a wee little boy, knee high to a grasshopper. In 2001 (may have been late 2000) I bought my first parabellum for around nine hundred dollars in gold (Imperial German 20 mark pieces). I guess you could call that "fitting" for a 1915, eh? Yes, I'm a strange one, probably one of the few people nowadays who would blow 900 $ on a pistol at age twenty. I had to have it though. I wish I had the coins too now, but you can't have everything you want. One day I'll put those back in my collection. Just recently I bought my second parabellum for 400$, a buffed out whoknowswhat, with artificially dished toggles, no markings, nothing, just the frame serial number. That one stays under my pillow at night so I have something to snuggle with. (And I wonder why my wife left me... <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" /> ) Beyond that, I seem to be the only one whose family was on the receiving end of all the bombs in WWII on this forum. One of my grandpappies was in Finland with a heavy MG company in the Waffen SS, honestly now, how many of your pappys and grandpappys tried to pot him?? <img border="0" alt="[nono]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" /> The other stayed at home and put out all the incendiaries while my mother, grandmother, and aunt stayed in the bomb shelter. Come to think of it, there's still a dud in our backyard (scary huh?). My main interest is Imperial German "stuff"-- everything, really. I collect both coins and guns, stamps too when they come around. Well, I seem to be blabbering on and on, better shut up before my mouth falls off. <img border="0" alt="[blabla]" title="" src="graemlins/a_smil17.gif" /> I do love this forum!!! Prost! <img border="0" alt="[cherrsagai]" title="" src="graemlins/drink.gif" /> Next I want to get a shooter artillery and a shooter navy, then the collectible types... I need a higher paying job. Highest regards too all my fellow luger lunatics, Tom.