Sept09 Newsletter.indd - Ohio Gun Collectors Association

The Ohio Gun
Collectors Association
"A Luger Short
Story" Page 6
Next Meeting
September 19-20, 2009
Roberts Centre
Wilmington, OH
AFFILIATED WITH THE NRA AND CMP
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A MESSAGE FROM
OFFICERS
THE
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
The July meeting was most enjoyable.
We had 471 guests, 130 new applicants
and 731 tables. The L.C. Smith Collectors Association featured a display of father/son 12 ga./20 ga. shotguns thanks to
Frank Finch of New Jersey, Len Applegate
of Ohio and Cliff White of Georgia.
Frank S. Hodges, Jr.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Cecil Parker
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
Jim Tekavec
SECRETARY
Joe W. Pittenger
With a combined 109 years of membership:
(From left) OGCA 1st VP Cecil Parker, President Frank Hodges, and 2nd VP Jim Tekavec.
TREASURER
Thomas L. Kyser
DIRECTORS
2009-2010-2011
Frank Becker, Jr.
Thomas E. Bowersox
Jon Chorpenning
We have lots of important news to share
with members. On page 4 you will find out
how to use your membership to tap into
data from The Blue Book of Firearms. It's
yet one more benefit of membership, and
we are duly proud to call author, S.P. Fjestad, one of our own for almost 30 years.
2008-2009-2010
Terrie L. Hill
Charles D. Metcalf
Charles D. Rush
Kenneth Seminatore
2007-2008-2009
Hal Ferrell
Frank Kern
Robert Ray Preston
BUSINESS OFFICE
OGCA P.O. Box 670406
Sagamore Hills, OH 44067-0406
Laura Knotts, Business Mgr.
PH: (330) 467-5733
Fax: (330) 467-5793
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ogca.com
Guest
Pass Forms
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Inside - Sept. '09
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Score Card Doesn't Matter
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Blue Book Publications
4
NRA Gun Collectors
5
A Luger Short Story
6
Wounded Warrior Project
8
Applicants
9
Guest Passes
11
Table Application
13
Candidates to Campaign
15
On the opposite page, our legislative Chairman Ken Seminatore points out that logic
and recent scientific data should render
the fight for our firearm freedoms over with
once and for all. But, unfortunately, it does
not work that way. We must continue to
work hard, write more letters, make more
calls, raise more money and get our message out there.
The raffle drawing for the collector grade
M-1 Garand, M-1 Carbine and handsome
Ely Tomahawk is noon Sunday of the September meeting. Everyone wins since all
money goes to your firearms freedom. We
are accepting raffle tickets by mail or in person at the September meeting as per the
announcement on the back cover.
I also saw many nice Lugers in July - but
do you know how Lugers got their name?
Find out in the article on page 6 by member John Eckert. Cover illustration of Old
Model Swiss by David Kimbel.
One of my favorite tables in July was
manned by members Ken Green and
Steve Blankenship who came to promote
and raise funds for the 2009 Second Annual Trap Shoot benefiting The Wounded
Warrior Project. OGCA is a proud supporter. See page 7.
We are gearing up for our September
19-20 meeting. If you need a good excuse
to get out of the house, tell your "better half"
it's time to trade some of the least wanted
pieces in your collection in preparation for
Sweetest Day. If that doesn't work, let her
know that candidates for director will be
campaigning for your vote in advance of
the November meeting and want to meet
you. Take a moment to read their biographies on page 15 and meet them in person
at the September meeting (bring your better half, too).
Sincerely,
Everyone knows what the NRA does for Frank S. Hodges, Jr.
hunters, shooters, youth and safety instruction. But what about firearm collecting?
Find out on page 7 in an article written by OGCA MEMORABILIA WANTED
OGCA Past President Robert Wos who is
also an NRA Director and member of the OGCA was formed in
1937 and will
NRA Gun Collectors Committee.
celebrate its 75th
Anniversary in 2012.
Every firearm accident is avoidable and we
Help us gather pieces
intend to avoid them. You will be happy from our past to
to know that for everyone's safety we are preserve, document,
coming down hard on safety violations. educate and exhibit.
When you get ready to go, make sure you Contact Tom Kyser,
know there is nothing loaded in that arm! Cecil Parker or any
"Loaded in - - and you're out!" Our security Director, Officer or
guards and volunteers in charge of enforce- Past President to
ment have the toughest, most thankless job donate memorabilia,
in the hall. Give them your full cooperation submit an article or
OGCA Founder
and appreciation for helping to ensure our for more information.
Miller Bedford
safety and show quality.
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WHY
THE
Ken Seminatore,
Director
SCORE CARD DOESN'T MATTER - BY KENNETH F. SEMINATORE, DIRECTOR
Three years ago,
a study group appointed by the
Centers for Disease Control, surveyed gun control
laws throughout
the country.
It
concluded that no
scientific data exists showing any
of the laws actually work.
The American people now overwhelmingly reject the notion that new gun controls should be adopted.
Following the sunset of the so-called “assault” weapons ban, there was no more
of the predicted “blood in the streets”
than in the more than 40 states which
adopted concealed carry or Castle Doctrine self-defense laws, or after passage
of the Federal ban on nuisance lawsuits
which sought to bankrupt the firearms
industry by legal proceedings.
In fact, violent crimes dropped in most
new concealed carry jurisdictions, while
firearms sales soared. Violent crime
erupted to new levels in Britain and
Australia, D.C. and Chicago, with some
of the toughest gun laws in the world.
(With the possible exception of Mexico,
where legal private ownership is virtually
impossible!)
The data is clear: more guns, less violent crimes! Except in “gun-free” zones,
where law-abiding sheep are forced to
post targets on their backs and advertise their vulnerability to the criminal and
the crazed.
Scholars and the Courts are increasingly adopting our views on an individual’s
right to keep and bear arms, with the
Heller decision the absolute best of the
lot to date. One Federal Court of Appeals just ruled that the Second Amendment applies to the States as well as to
the Federal Government. Thus, it limits
the ability of State governments (as well
as the Federal Government) to adversely effect, impact, or infringe your natural
law rights to carry, keep, or bear arms.
For now, we not only have the votes in
Congress to block a new assault weapons ban, but sufficient votes to restore
concealed carry in national parks.
In February, the National Academy of
Sciences released its long-awaited
study on forensic evidence. Apart from
advanced sophisticated DNA tests, the
NAS Report concludes that (despite
“CSI”) no reliable basis exists for most
ballistic evidence, whether cartridge
case match-ups, or tracking bullets to
particular guns from which they have allegedly been fired. Hence, it concludes
that, for example, a national reference
ballistic image database is not advisable. In the end, for dozens of reasons
too numerous to catalogue here, these
“scientific” tools really end up relying on
“subjective decisions” based on “unarticulated standards” with “no statistical
foundation for estimation of error rates.”
So, if we continue to be right given the
growing body of history, law and science, why do we have to fight so hard in
the political world just to stay even? To
protect rights we were born with!!!
Because, it is not about what’s right! It’s
about the arrogance of those who believe they should control those of us they
don’t trust. The national news media
hate us for the same reason they hate
big political contributors. They alone
want to control the public agenda, and
they don’t want to share their influence
with big money. They certainly can’t live
with the thought that they need us to
protect their First Amendment (or other
civil) rights, because – after all – we’re
only hard-working, average citizens, not
part of their intellectual elite.
The wealthy elites who can afford private, gated communities, personal security forces and who have carried concealed for years when most of us could
not, don’t want their “less fortunate”
neighbors to have guns.
Fortunately, with each passing day,
and each new historical, legal, political
and scientific advancement, the majority of Americans who support our views
grows!
And that is why the Clinton-era gun ban
treaty – never ratified – may be President Obama’s last best shot, especially
if he swings the Supreme Court majority.
With a mere Senate ratification of that
loosely worded treaty (he’s much closer
to his vote count in the Senate than the
House), he can try to administratively do
even more than he could ever hope to
accomplish by mere legislation!
Keep your ears to the ground, your powder dry, your courage “locked and loaded,” and remember, you can win every
round, every quarter, every inning, but
the score card doesn’t count – only the
final outcome!
SAFETY REMINDERS FROM THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
• Inspect and unload all guns before you leave home.
a meeting
of this
associaa meeting
and while
on the
premises, no person shall possess
• DuringDuring
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while on
the premises,
no Violators will be asked to leave
any loaded
or primed
firearm
or air gun.
person shall posses any loaded or
meeting.
primedmust
firearm
or air gun.
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All firearms
be checked,
cleared
and secured to make the firearm
rule using
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prior Part
to member
and firearm entering the
Safety
Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!
meeting floor. All firearms must be immediately retied if removed for
inspection.
All magazines
firearms, must
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those
Clips and
removed
prior to entering hall.
whichbrought
are fully to
disassembled,
mustby members must be presented
All firearms
the meeting hall
be checked,
and secured
at the Gun
Tie Deskcleared
at the entrance
to be rechecked and retied if needed.
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tie all
From Bylaws Part II Section B.
displayed, offered for sale or trade and prior to leaving them on a trade
table.
Violation of any safety rule can result in suspension or termination. Do not
risk your membership. "Loaded in...and you're out."
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NEW 20/20 PROGRAM FROM BLUE BOOK PUBLICATIONS, INC.
We are pleased to announce the entire
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Gun Values by life member S.P. Fjestad,
plus the Blue Book of Airguns and Blue
Book of Modern Black Powder Arms by
John B. Allen are now available online
at no charge for all OGCA members.
Users pay only for values, and the good
news is that OGCA members get a
20% discount on most books, software,
and online services. This special offer
is only available by going through the
OGCA website. Additionally, Blue Book
Publications, Inc. will give 20% of all
website sales directly back to the OGCA
monthly.
This new service is extremely easy to
use. Simply go to www.ogca.com, and
click on the link which will take you to a
special “splash page” on the Blue Book
Publications, Inc. website. At this point,
enter your OGCA membership number
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user to find the correct make/model/
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they can be purchased by individual
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shotguns), manufacturer/trademark, or
the entire book. Additionally, if you would
like to purchase books, CD-ROMs,
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the 20% discount for OGCA members
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the total, and S/H charges will then be
added when applicable, depending on
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Other useful services include free access
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in both the newer percentage and
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Serialization charts on most major
trademarks, and pictorial Anatomies of
Firearms, with parts/features labeled and
described in an expanded Glossary.
Many members may not realize that the
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now updated quarterly. This means any
mid-year releases by manufacturers,
discontinued models, and value changes
are now thoroughly updated quarterly,
making this online service even more
up-to-date and valuable.
S.P. Fjestad, life member and
author/publisher of the Blue Book
of Gun Values
Author & Publisher S.P. Fjestad has also
mentioned that feedback is encouraged
from the membership, including informational content and values on both books
and electronic products, as well as any
website suggestions/enhancements.
Please email him your suggestions/comments at: [email protected]
On the web
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THE NRA GUN COLLECTORS COMMITTEE - BY ROBERT WOS, PAST PRESIDENT
annually by the President of the NRA. I am
personally honored, and fortunate to be part
of this committee.
Robert Wos with NRA President, Ron
Schmeits, at a recent OGCA meeting
Many of you recognize the NRA as the nation's number one pro-gun organization, but
did you know the NRA also serves as an invaluable resource for gun collectors? As a
Past President of OGCA and current NRA
Director, I receive a number of questions on
the NRA’s programs for gun collectors – and
likewise – what gun collectors can do for the
NRA. With a lot of help from the NRA’s National Firearms Museum Curator of Programs,
Phil Schreier, I have tried to outline the mission and history of the NRA’s Gun Collectors
Committee.
The responsibilities of the NRA Gun Collectors Committee are to preserve the right of
the people to acquire, possess, and exhibit
firearms; to encourage gun collecting organizations to affiliate with and to promote
membership in the NRA; to encourage the
conservation of firearms; to encourage the
edification of the NRA members and the public in the significance of firearms.
There is an NRA Gun Collector Seminar hosted by one of the Gun Collector Club/Association affiliates. OGCA is an affiliate, along with
many others. One of the NRA Club Affiliates
offers to host or sponsor the annual seminar
and provides the location, along with organization of the event. Topics of discussions
pertain to better ways of supporting, serving,
and assisting our NRA members along with
many other topics.
In addition to the Seminar, there is an Annual NRA Gun Collectors Show that is hosted
by one of the NRA affiliated collector organizations. Participants are encouraged to
display their collection for the opportunity to
win an award or prize. In September, 2009,
the Winchester Arms Collectors will host the
event in Springfield, MA.
The committee instituted a gold medal to be
awarded to firearms determined to be of such
historical value that they qualify for National
Treasure status. The committee also makes
available to its collector affiliates a special
silver medallion to be awarded for rare and
unique fiearms.
The committee is made up of both NRA Board
and non-board members who are appointed
pation from affiliated clubs is encouraged. It
is currently Chaired by Wayne Anthony Ross
of Alaska.
History
The NRA's Board of Directors established
a committee on gun collecting to further the
scope of the aims and objectives of the association. It is thought that the Armor & Arms
Club of New York, founded in 1921, was the
first club or association founded for the study
and collection of firearms.
OGCA was formed in 1937 and is considered
one of NRA's oldest affiliates. Currently there
are over 110 gun collector clubs, associations and societies that are affiliated with the
NRA's Gun Collectors Programs.
In 1948, the NRA began to hold public exhibitions in conjunction with their annual meetings at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington
DC. The exhibit hall became a huge success
and has become one of the largest shows of
its type in the country inspiring similar shows
such as the S.H.O.T. show and S.C.I Convention. OGCA was one of the first affiliated
clubs to present an exhibit at the NRA's annual meetings and has been the only affiliated
club to attend every consecutive year since.
Wayne Anthony Ross, Chairman of the NRA
Gun Collectors Committee, presents an
award to Johnny Bassett at the '09 NRA Annual Meeting. Both are members of OGCA.
Additional responsibilities of the committee
are to help establish collecting clubs throughout the U.S., encourage collecting and collecting events. Additionally, the committee
has published Gun Collectors guides and
guides on running gun shows. An article on
the activities of the Gun Collectors committee appears in every issue of Man At Arms
Magazine.
The NRA’s National Firearm Museum is not to
be overlooked in its array of services to collectors. As curators of this world-class museum, the NRA serves gun collectors worldIn 1960, the Gun Collectors Committee wide, and it is within a days drive for most
opened up the exhibit hall to competition people reading this article. Visit this Fairfax,
between collector affiliates for a silver bowl VA museum and you will feel like a kid in a
award trophy for the best exhibit now known candy shop. It is truly a great resource for
as the NRA Gun Collectors Trophy. OGCA collectors.
has won the prestigious award more than any
other club in NRA history.
The committee also established a series of
silver medals to be awarded to the best arms
on display at the exhibit hall. The judging of
the Best Educational Award and silver medals, now known as the 10 Best Arms Awards,
is carried out by the members of the Gun
Collectors Committee. The judging of the
Gun Collectors Trophy is by an independent
3-judge committee. Additional awards for
miniature arms and certificates of recognition
for outstanding arms and related articles of
equipment are now also awarded annually.
It was in 1996 that the committee decided to
establish a national gun collectors show like
the one that Winchester Arms Collectors will
host in September. A few years later the committee established a series of awards totaling
$10,000 to help encourage participation in
this, one of the nations richest prize shows.
The NRA's Gun Collectors Committee meets
twice a year, once during the winter board
meetings of the NRA and once during the
NRA's Annual Meetings & Exhibits. The meetings are open to NRA members and partici-
Phil Schreier and Jim Supica, Firearms Museum Experts, that can often be found at OGCA
The Gun Collectors Committee has a long
history and important future as it fulfills its
role as a 2-way bridge between firearm enthusiasts and the die-hard collector. Gun
collectors have always been an invaluable
resource to the NRA. Join me as a collector and NRA member in continuing to build
bridges between gun collectors and firearm
enthusiasts. I welcome your comments and
thank you for your vote in my recent election
to the NRA Board of Directors.
Robert J. Wos
Past President, OGCA
Director, NRA
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lugers but Were Afraid to Ask - By John Eckert
The development and history of the Luger
pistol has been the subject of several excellent books over the last 50 years. Most
of these, like the histories of the knuckle
duster and the blunderbuss, have been
read by relatively few. The exhibitor has
borrowed freely from nearly all of them.
The story of the Luger begins, strangely
enough, with a couple of Americans. Hiram Maxim (later Sir Hiram Maxim) was
born in Sangerville, Maine in 1840. He
moved to England in the 1880’s, where he
developed the toggle breech locking and
reloading mechanism of the famous machine gun that bears his name and which
revolutionized the nature of warfare.
Hugo Borchardt was born in Germany and
emigrated with his parents to the United
States sometime before the Civil War. A
talented inventor and engineer, Borchardt
became an American citizen and worked
for several U.S. firearms companies, including Sharps (the Sharps-Borchardt),
Colt, and Winchester. In the mid 1880’s,
he returned to Europe and went to work
for the Hungarian state arms factory in Budapest. The Hungarians were extensively
testing the Maxim machine gun at this
time, and apparently Borchardt conceived
the idea of adapting the toggle action to a
handgun. His pistol was patented in Germany and England in 1893 and is technically called the “C 93,” although factory
literature refers to it as the Borchardt Automatic Repeating Pistol. It was made
initially by Ludwig Loewe & Cie of Berlin.
In 1897, the arms making part of this firm
merged with an ammunition maker and
became Deutsche Waffen-und-Munitions
Fabriken, or commonly just DWM, also of
Berlin. DWM continued to make the pistol
until around 1900.
Georg Luger got involved with this story
early on. An Austrian born engineer and
former Army officer, Luger was a consultant to Loewe and later DWM in the
1890’s. It was he who demonstrated the
Borchardt pistol to the U.S. Navy in 1894
and the Swiss Army in 1897. In fact, the
Borchardt performed quite well in its tests,
especially when it was used with properly
loaded ammunition and attached to it’s
shoulder stock. The testing entities liked
the gun, but it was too complicated and
awkward to be effective as a military handgun and not robust enough to serve as a
carbine, especially for the cavalry. Borchardt, who had no military background,
never really understood this, but Luger
did. After the 1897 test Luger worked with
the Swiss authorities--and possibly other
DWM engineers--to modify Borchardt’s
design to meet the army’s needs. There
were several transitional pistols, but the final result was an order for 5000 pistols of
the perfected pattern in May of 1900.
What’s in a name? The Swiss order was
for the “Pistol, Ordnance (Model) 1900,
System Borchardt-Luger.” The earliest
known DWM manual in English describes
the “Parabellum Automatic Pistol, Borchardt-Luger’s System, Swiss Regulation
Pattern 1900.” DWM literature refers to
the pistol as the “Parabellum,” which was
the firm’s telegraph code address. Americans generally use the term “Luger” because we were introduced to it that way;
DWM’s marketing agents in the U.S.-Hans Tauscher, 1890’s to 1917 and A.F.
Stoeger, 1920 to 1940--consistently refer
to the pistol exclusively by the inventor’s
name. Stoeger even took the unusual
step of copyrighting the word “Luger” when
it referred to a handgun in 1929. This had
repercussions later, as you will see.
The Luger underwent a significant mechanical change in the 1904-1906 period.
A coil spring replaced the original leaf
mainspring, the gripping knobs on the toggle were reshaped and fully checkered,
the extractor was modified to serve a dual
function as a loaded chamber indicator,
Old Model Luger
from DWM manual
circa 1902
and the toggle anti-bounce lock was eliminated as superfluous. Pistols with these
features are generally known as the “new
model,” while guns in the original configuration are, logically, the “old model.”
Encouraged by its success with the Swiss
contract, DWM began to market the Luger
both commercially and to the militaries of
Europe and the Americas. Over 70,000
old and new model commercial guns were
made before 1914, as well as significant
military sales to Switzerland, Bulgaria, the
Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, and even
the U.S.--1000 old models for test in 1901.
The real prize, of course, was the adoption by the German navy in 1904 and, finally, the army in 1908.
After the Luger was officially adopted by
the Prussian military--The Marine Model
1904 or MM 04 for the navy and the Pistole 1908, or P 08 for the army--the government instructed its arms factory at Erfurt to tool up to produce the gun. The
original plan called for Erfurt to be the primary supplier for the P 08 (only DWM ever
made the MM 04) with DWM secondary.
Automatic Repeating Pistol,
Borchardt U.S. Patent 1896
Georg Luger, Inventor
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Presented at the NRA Annual Meeting May 2009
THE LUGER PISTOL - Its Development as a Pistol-Carbine
From the Collection of John Eckert
managers were transferred. Mauser continued to supply guns to the Dutch. Simson’s contract expired in 1934 and was
not renewed (Simson was Jewish owned).
In 1935, another Suhl based gunmaker,
Heinrich Krieghoff, was awarded a contract to produce about 10,000 new Lugers
for the German air force.
New Model Luger from
a 1936 Mauser manual
In fact, the reverse occurred--by the end
of World War 1, DWM had made nearly
twice as many guns as Erfurt.
The period between the World Wars was a
hectic one for the Luger pistol, as it was for
everything else. DWM was reorganized
as Berliner-Karlsruhe Industrie Werke
(BKIW). In spite of Treaty of Versailles restrictions, they sold some guns to the German military and lots of commercial stuff
overseas especially in the U.S. Switzerland, suspecting that it’s supply of pistols
might be interrupted by war again as it was
in 1914, began making their own in 1919
at the Federal arms factory in Bern. The
Netherlands, stalled in 1920 by the Treaty
restrictions, ordered replacement Lugers
from Vickers, Ltd. in England. Simson &
Co. of Suhl received a contract to make
new guns for the German army in 1923.
In 1927, BKIW was allowed to resume
military sales to the Netherlands, but in
1930, the holding company that controlled
both BKIW and Mauser Werke, decided
to move ALL Luger production from Berlin
to the venerable Mauser plant in Oberndorf a/N. Guns, spare parts, production
machinery, raw materials, workers, and
Mauser produced a few Lugers for commercial sales and foreign contracts between 1930 and the end of World War 2,
but the bulk of their output was for the German military, starting with the first contract
in 1934. The last deliveries to the army
were in 1942, and several thousand guns
from the last production were exported to
Bulgaria and Portugal, allies of Germany.
After the war, a few new Lugers were
actually made from scratch in East
Germany, but quantity production did not
resume until the American firm, Interarms,
persuaded a rejuvenated Mauser Werke
to make new guns about 1970. This project, which finally ended in 1985, included
several different variations and commemoratives; rising costs and an unfavorable
exchange rate limited success.
In 1992, Mitchell Arms of California offered a stainless steel version of the P
08 made by AIMCO of Houston, TX; this
offering was taken over by Stoeger Arms
in 1995, and ended in 2001. Note that
both Interarms and Mitchell had to market
their guns as “Parabellums” because of
Stoeger’s copyright, but Stoeger was able
to sell the last ones as “Lugers” again. As
of 2009, the Krieghoff company in their
post war Ulm, Germany plant, is making a
new Luger (which they call “Parabellum”).
Simpson Ltd. of Galesburg, IL, is offering
this item for $18,500.00.
Like the Colt
Single Action
Army and the
Model 1911,
the Luger
endures.
Ormand Smith Carbine from the Eckert Exhibit
MANUFACTURERS, DATES
AND PRODUCTION ESTIMATES
•
DWM/BKIW, Berlin, Germany 19001930 1,331,000
• Royal (Prussian) Arms Factory,
Erfurt, Germany 1911-1918 520,000
• Royal Arms Factory, Spandau, Germany (parts assembly only), 1918 200
• Federal Arms Factory, Bern, Switzerland, 1919-1946 48,000
• Vickers, Ltd, Craypool, England, 1921
6,250
• Simson & Co., Suhl, Germany, 19231934 13,500
• Heinrich Krieghoff Arms Factory, Suhl,
Germany, 1935-1945 13,850
• Mauser Werke, Oberndorf a/N,
Gemany, 1930-1945 1,014,000
• VEB Ernst Thalmann, Suhl, Germany
1953 100
• Mauser Werke, Oberndorf a/N,
Germany, 1969-1985 21,000
• AIMCO, Houston, Texas (stainless
steel only), 1992-2001 10,000
Approximate Total
2,977,900
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This article originally appeared as a handout for attendees of the 2009 NRA Annual
Meeting and Exhibits. OGCA display by
member, John Eckert, "The Luger Pistol;
Its Development as a Pistol-Carbine". It
received an NRA silver medallion and First
Place Modern at the 2009 OGCA Display
Show.
Cover illustration: Old Model Swiss
Luger by technical artist and collector, David Kimble, which appeared on the cover of Guns & Ammo magazine. Special
thanks to Ron Wood whose help made
this cover possible.
The published works of the following authors and researchers were consulted in
preparing this document and are gratefully acknowledged; in alphabetical order:
Francis C. Allen, Eugene J. Bender, Vittorio Bobba, Fred A. Datig, Randall Gibson, Harry E. Jones, Charles Kenyon, Jr.,
Jon Kitts, Reinhard Kornmayer, Bas Martens and Guus De Vries, John H. Morgan,
Michael Reese, II, Ralph E. Shattuck, Jan
C. Still, Dr. Geoff Sturgess, John Walter.
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REMEMBERED
ANNOUNCEMENTS
AND REMINDERS
Member, Eric Deaton is running as
an Independent for U.S. Senate in
2010. Meet him at the September
meeting and find out what he stands
for. He will be gathering signatures
in the lobby for a petition to be put
on the 2010 ballot. Visit www.deatonforsenate.com for more information.
Tableholders: The hall management has brought to our attention
that the pavers at the entrances
near rows D and X are starting to
crack and sink due to the weight of
vehicles pulling up and unloading
on them. The barricades were put
there by the facility managers.
Do not move them. Do not park
there. The barricades are designed
to allow hand carts but not vehicles.
Thank you for your assistance.
Keep in mind your membership can
be used to qualify for the purchase
of surplus firearms through the
CMP.
Over 20 firearms were stolen from
a member in Kent, Ohio, on April
22, 2009. Please visit our web site
"Alert" page for a list of stolen firearms and contact Detective Travis
at (330) 673-7733 with any information to help solve the crime.
Congestion near the entrance
along the walls has affected safe
and ready access of the hall to individuals coming into the hall. This is
due to a few individuals who impede
aisle traffic entering the hall by attempting to deal firearms against or
near the walls. Individuals who persist in this behavior will be given a
verbal warning by security, a second
offense will result in that individual
being escorted from the meeting.
Further violations will result in more
severe penalties.
Donald B. Williams, a dedicated OGCA
member for 39 years, passed away June 19,
2009. He was an avid gun collector and will
be missed by many. Our sympathy goes out
to his family.
Gary Hacker, a member of OGCA since
2002, passed away July 6, 2009. Gary was
a past National Trapshoot Champ. He has
a brother and son who are also members.
Our Sympathy to his family. He will be sadly
missed by many.
WWII Veteran Thomas J. Cleary of Ohio
passed away on July 3rd. He served in the
First Infantry Division, 18th Infantry Regiment.
He was stationed in Germany during the 2nd
Nuremburg trials and served as a guard.
This fine member was a Luger collector and
belonged to OGCA for over twenty years.
OGCA would also like to remember the famed
fast-draw artist, Joe Bowman, of Texas. April
12, 1925 – June 28, 2009. “Another good
cowboy gone west.”
SEPTEMBER 25TH TRAP SHOOT TO BENEFIT
THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
COAC’s (Central Ohio American
Charities) 2nd Annual Trap Shoot
benefiting the Wounded Warrior
Project will be held September
25th, 2009 at Blackwing Shooting
Center in Delaware, Ohio.
The Wounded Warrior Project is a national
organization which helps soldiers injured
during military service transition to a new
life.
Members Ken Green and Steven Blankenship were kind enough to man a table at
the July meeting to spread the word about
the trap shoot and opportunity to assist this
great cause.
Our membership roster includes
many soldiers, sailors and marines,
and it is an honor to help sponsor
this fine program. OGCA donated
$1,500 last year and $2,500 this
year.
There are several ways that you can get
involved.
Visit
w w w. c o a c h a r i ties.org and www.
wounded
warriorproject.org for
more information
or call member
Ken Green at
(614) 222-3809.
L.C. SMITH COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION IN JULY
Any vehicle illegally parked in a
handicap space will be turned over
to the Sheriff's office to be towed
and the owner ticketed and fined.
No announcement will be made.
Trading must be done on the meeting hall floor. No trading in the lobby
or parking lot.
The L.C. Smith Collectors Association joined us in July with an exhibit of father/son
12 ga./20 ga. shotguns. From left: Len Applegate of Ohio, Cliff White of Georgia and
Frank Finch of New Jersey. Note the silver cup is back in their hands from their annual
competition with the Parker Gun Collectors Association.
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TROY PARTIN DELIGHTS MEMBERS WITH COLT 1911 DISPLAY
In March, member Troy Partin, put on a
fine display featuring some new additions
to his Colt 1911 collections. Just a few of
the guns in his display included:
• 1911 A1 Army Singer MFG shipped
Dec. 1941
• 1911 A1 Navy 1938 production
shipped August 27, 1942 USS Harry
Lee
• 1911 A1 Navy 1937 production
shipped Mar 18, 1937
We are in need of a featured displayer
for September 19-20. Our Featured Display November 21-22 will be Tom Clapper and "The Wonderful World of 22".
Troy is holding a 1911 A1 Navy 1940
production Pacific Navel Flight school
shipped January 1, 1945 which is 1 of
1000 with Coltrock grips and a 1911 A1
Army shipped May 29, 1941
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CANDIDATES
FOR
DIRECTOR
TO
CAMPAIGN
AT
SEPTEMBER MEETING
The annual election of Directors will be held Saturday, November 21st at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM. We have 5 fine candidates willing to give up their time to contribute to the club’s future. They will be campaigning in September and look forward to meeting you. Only
three of the candidates will be elected for the three-year term 2010-2011-2012, so please plan ahead to
attend November 21st and vote. A biographical sketch of each candidate follows.
HAL FERRELL Member of OGCA for 10 years. Profession: Retired business consultant. Collecting
Interests: Colt pistols and revolvers for 25 years. Winchester models 61 and 62 for 10 years. Most
favored are pre-WWII automatics. Qualifications: As a consultant and crises manager, had many experiences dealing with difficult situations, including personnel issues, real estate, contracts, marketing,
and sales. Presently, an OGCA Director, past OGCA Second Vice-President, 2004 Display Show judge
and past Director on three corporate boards. Memberships: NRA for 20 years and the Colt Collectors
Association for 15 years.
HAL FERRELL
FRANK KERN Life Member and member of OGCA for 29 years. Profession: Retired outside sales,
managed sales force over 2 states. Collecting Interests: Browning Hi-Powers, Colt SAA’s, Winchester
military shotguns and pre-64 model 70’s, modern U.S. military firearms and edged weapons. Qualifications: Current OGCA Director 2007-2009, served as chairman or member of various OGCA Committees. Current member of the PAC Committee, Security and Enforcement Committee and NRA Exhibit
Committee. Former Financial Secretary for the Southern Ohio Dog & Game Association, past ORPA
Trustee. U.S. Army Captain and Artillery Battery Commander. Memberships: NRA Benefactor Life
member and member for 49 years, member of ORPA for 29 years, Southern Ohio Dog & Game member
for 32 years, American Legion member for 33 years, member of Winchester Arms Collectors Association
and the Miami Rifle & Pistol Association.
SEAN A. McCARTER Member of OGCA for 15 years. Profession: Private law practice. Collecting
Interests: Harrington & Richardson: single shot target pistols, the USRA model and the Sportsmans;
pistols relating to Walter F. Roper; pre-WWII American quality double barrel shotguns; and single shot
rifles. Has been collecting since the age of 6. Qualifications: Private law practice for 15 years. Legal
practice focuses on business transactions, real estate deals and their litigation. Experienced in negotiations, creating contracts, resolving employment issues, dispute resolution and investigating controversies. Memberships: Parker Gun Collectors Association for 9 years, NRA for 21 years, Hilltop Sportsmans Club for 16 years and the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association for one year.
ROBERT RAY PRESTON Life Member and member of OGCA for 22 years. Profession: Retired Final Process Driver for GM. Collecting Interests: Winchester 1885 High Wall Rifles, gun sights and
scopes. Collecting since 1970. Qualifications: OGCA Director, Village of ITHACA Councilman, regular
Display Show participant, represented OGCA at the 2004 NRA Annual Display bringing home the Silver
Bowl, 2008 OGCA Chairman - NRA Exhibit, 2009 OGCA Display Show Chairman. Extensive experience in display show judging. Memberships: NRA, Life (Endowment) for 20 years; Winchester Arms
Collectors Association for 22 years; Colorado Gun Collectors Association for 8 years.
FRANK KERN
SEAN A. MCCARTER
ROBERT RAY PRESTON
ANTHONY C. ZINSMAYER Member of OGCA for 7 years. Profession: President and CEO of A-Z Masonry, Inc. Collecting Interests: Civil War guns, swords, WWI & WWII US Knives, WWII 1911 pistols,
cap guns, Sharps and Hankins firearms, Colt pocket model and Colt 1877s. Qualifications: Entrepreneur, starting his own contracting business seven years ago. Served on Charter Review Commission
for the City of Medina. 2009 OGCA Display Show participant (The Sharps Four Barrel). Memberships:
NRA 15 years, Society of American Bayonet Collectors and North American Airedale Association.
ANTHONY C. ZINSMAYER
DIRECTIONS
PAC RAFFLE DRAWING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH
THE ROBERTS CENTRE
WILMINGTON, OHIO
123 Gano Road, Wilmington, OH
45177 (800) 654-7038. Roberts
Centre is located at I-71, Exit 50
(U.S. Route 68) and is north of and
visible from the interstate.
From Cleveland or Columbus take I-71 south.
Take the US 68 exit, exit 50. Turn right onto US
68 and right onto Gano Road. Hall is on the left.
From Cincinnati take I-71 North. Take the US
68 exit, exit 50. Turn left onto US 68. Turn right
onto Gano Road. Roberts Centre is on the left.
From Toledo take I-75 South. Take the US-35 exit
number 52B. Merge onto US 35 east. Take the US
68/Home Ave exit towards Wilmington. Turn right
onto US 68. Turn left onto Gano Road. Roberts
Centre is on the left. From Dayton:Take US-35
east, take US Route 68 S (Home Ave.) toward
Wilmington, Turn right onto US 68, turn left onto
Gano Rd. Roberts Center is on the left.
HOTELS
1.) Headquarters Hotel: Holiday Inn at Roberts
Centre 123 Gano Rd. Wilmington, OH 45177
(937) 283-3200 or (800) 654-7036 $82+ tax.
Check in 3 PM. SOLD OUT 24 hour cancellation.
2) Hampton Inn & Suites 201 Holiday Dr,
Wilmington. (937)382-4400 (7 mi) $89 + tax.
3.) Amerihost Inn Wilmington 201 Carrie Dr.,
Wilmington. (937) 383-3950 (7 mi.) $70 + tax
4.) Holiday Inn Express 155 Holiday Dr.,
Wilmington (937) 382-5858 (7 mi) $76 + tax
5.) Hampton Inn 11484 Allen Rd., NW,
Jeffersonville. (740) 948-9499 (15 Mi.).1-71 at Exit
65. $85 south outlet mall.
6.) Baymount Inn & Suites (Previously
Amerihost Inn Jeffersonville South) 11431 Allen
Rd. NW, Jeffersonville, OH 43128 (740) 948-2104
(15 mi). I-71 Exit 65. South outlet mall. $65 + tax
7.) Quality Inn Jeffersonville North 10160 Carr
Rd. NW, Jeffersonville, OH 43128. (740) 426-6400
(19 mi.) North outlet mall. 1-71 Exit 69. $55 + tax.
8) Budget Inn 264 W. Curry Rd., Wilmington OH.
(.2 mi) (937) 382-6605 Single $45 + tax Double
$49 + tax.
9) Budget Motel 9060 West Lancaster Rd.,
Jeffersonville, OH 43128 (740) 948-2332 (15 mi.)
rate: Single $45 + tax double $49 + tax.
10) Wilmington Inn 909 Fife Ave. Wilmington, OH
(937) 382-6000 (7 mi.) $55 + tax
11) General Denver Hotel (6 mi) 81 W. Main St.
Wilmington. $85 + tax but present OGCA badge
for $10 discount. Historic Inn (937) 383-4141.
Saturday 8 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 8 AM - 2 PM
Left: Director/Pac Chariman Frank
Becker accepting another incredible
handcrafted tomahawk from Robert Ely for a future fundraiser. Wow,
thanks Robert! Right: Georgia Wos
and Barb Tekavec selling raffle tickets at the July meeting. Many thanks!
Meeting Dates
2009
S
ept.
t 19
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20, 2
200
009
9
Sept.
19-20,
2009
Nov
N
21 22 2009
Nov. 21-22,
2010
Jan. 9-10, 2010
March 13-14, 2010
May 22-23, 2010
July 17-18, 2010
Sept. 11-12, 2010
Nov. 20-21,
20 21,, 2010
Adherence to All
SAFETY Rules Required
“Loaded in - - and You’re OUT!”
Admission is strictly limited
to members & their guests.
2011
Jan. 8-9, 2011
March 12-13, 2011
May 7-8, 2011
July 16-17, 2011
Sept. 17-18, 2011
Nov.
No
v. 19-20,
19
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9 20
20,, 2011
2011
2012 (tentative)
Jan. 7-8, 2012
March 10-11, 2012
May 5-6, 2012
July 21-22, 2012
Sept. 15-16, 2012
Nov.
No
v. 17-18,
1
17
7 18
18,, 2012
2012
Annual Display Show & Banquet held each May
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