Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Considering an OMAS is 5 times the cost, does >that make it museum quality pretentious? >I will keep the Mont Blanc (a Leica M3?) Ok if this off topic thread on pens is going to continue I am going to add my take on comparing Leica to other things...not pens but guns...the Luger to be exact. Night before last I was watching the history channel and around midnight they had a special on the Luger. Was very interesting and I thought of a lot of comparisons to Leica. 1) the Luger is prized by collectors...the one of a kind .45 caliber model made for demonstration to the US Army in the early 1900's is estimated to be worth $1,000,000.00 2) Other prized versions include models made for royalty, and notable individuals. Including some gold plated versions...the Luxus of Luger I guess. 3) German made with extremely fine craftsmanship. 4) Sometimes finicky to use. 5) You shoot with each. 6) Value of the collectables range from a shooter price to a collector display price...sounds kinda familiar, no? I also found it interesting the gun the Luger was based on was designed by an American citizen who could not get anyone here to make the gun...got a German company to make it and the Swiss army was the first to adopt it as their official side arm. A gun smith in California is making reproductions of the 45 caliber model which are selling for $15,000 each. Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com