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I am happy I did not see those guns destroyed I would have been I'll. This is a beautiful rifle.The story? Bought it from a Canadian gun store in Vancouver BC. think I gave 600 canadian at the time. Lots of neat stuff was coming out of the woodwork up there in 2001, folks scared of the long arm registration. U should have seen some of the nice stuff that got destroyed.
Oh yeah, the first was nice, but the second. Ooh. Love the color of the stock, the buttplate, the subtle engraving, but most of all, the notches on the buttstock. Imagine the stories that could tell. The maker even took the time to North/South the screws on the buttplate and grip cap.
If only import fees and hoops weren't so obscene...
Added: 895£ isn't that bad. Works out to just under $1200 US...
I just looked up the import regs. I might have to save up and try that. I think it would take a good long while, but looks like it will only add $300-$400 or so for fees and engraving. Who knows about shipping...
If I was comfortable with the process, had the cash on hand, and had someone over there to verify condition, I'd buy that second one in a heartbeat...
'In my hands' he said, 'I'm holding a Krieghoff-made P08 pistol is near mint condition. Are you interested?' 'Nice', said Herb, 'but we already have a few of them.'
'Not with the number 0001 on it, you don't'.
Like the Colt Paterson found in the belongings of an old lady in Tyne and Wear a few years later, there is neither story nor history, given that unlike the US forces, there never was any kind of 'bringback' facility here in UK for military personnel 'liberating' guns from oppression. On troopships, MP were on every gangway watching soldiers dumping stuff in the water between ship and shore, and many a prize went in as the boys went on.
tac
Lugers only ever used four digit SN#'s
So every 9999 guns your gona get a 0001.