Pistol in a safe

wterrell · 09-12-2002, 11:47 PM

I just received a 1900 and upon examination I found 3 flakes of gold on and under the grips. Two of the flakes are small and were in the checking of the grip. The third flake is quite large and was under the grip.

Do you reckon that this pistol was housed in a safe which contained gold dust?

Herb · 09-13-2002, 12:21 AM

Wes, more than likely it was carried by one of the SS officers that helped smuggle all of the Nazi gold out of Berlin into the caves of the Hartz Mountains. I can't imagine someone being that careless with gold dust, even in a safe.

unspellable · 09-13-2002, 08:53 AM

It's probably the one Grandpa Stonebender carried during his days in the Yukon.

Stevie · 09-14-2002, 04:51 PM

Maybe it was carried by guard at a gold mining or refining complex?
just guessing. Steve.

wterrell · 09-14-2002, 04:58 PM

This pistol is 96% original finish and 80% straw. The grips are execellent. This pistol was not used for many generations. Probably some present day has put a few rounds through it for the back of the frame has been marked by the toggle action. Too bad.

Stevie · 09-14-2002, 04:59 PM

Maybe someone spraypainted it gold and didn't like it, and peeled the paint off. Just thought of that. About those high altitude valve stems....... Stevie.

wterrell · 09-14-2002, 05:21 PM

The color does not match my gold painted ones. It is a different shade from Rustoleum.

Jan C Still · 09-14-2002, 11:44 PM

Wes
Tiny flakes of gold (dust) sometimes leak through the bottom of containing sacks and Luger grips could act as riffles. In any case it sure makes an interesting story.
Jan

wterrell · 09-14-2002, 11:56 PM

Jan,

That is my line of thinking, also. I figure someone purchased the pistol and kept it in his safe as protection if he was robbed. It is my understanding that many rich men kept their wealth in gold brick and dust. They did not trust paper currency.

wterrell · 09-15-2002, 11:09 AM

tacfoley,

I have made it a lifelong goal to never be caught speechless or to offer a feeble reply or retort. But you sir have set me back quite a few pegs.

My hat is off to you. (All I ask is that you do not call me 'Dear'.)

Edward Tinker · 09-15-2002, 05:44 PM

[img]biggrin.gif[/img] he gotcha Wes [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

wterrell · 09-15-2002, 09:33 PM

Darling Edward,

I realize that.

Herb · 09-15-2002, 09:58 PM

There is something going on here that is a little more 'flaky' than that gold dust!

Aaron · 09-16-2002, 11:13 AM

Lugers may be contaminated with gold just as virtually every $100 bill in existence contains a microscopic amount of cocaine.

unspellable · 09-16-2002, 01:41 PM

Aaron, this problem is easily avoided if you print your own.

09-12-2002, 11:47 PM	#1
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pistol in a safe I just received a 1900 and upon examination I found 3 flakes of gold on and under the grips. Two of the flakes are small and were in the checking of the grip. The third flake is quite large and was under the grip. Do you reckon that this pistol was housed in a safe which contained gold dust? __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

09-13-2002, 12:21 AM	#2
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Wes, more than likely it was carried by one of the SS officers that helped smuggle all of the Nazi gold out of Berlin into the caves of the Hartz Mountains. I can't imagine someone being that careless with gold dust, even in a safe. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

09-14-2002, 04:58 PM	#5
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	This pistol is 96% original finish and 80% straw. The grips are execellent. This pistol was not used for many generations. Probably some present day has put a few rounds through it for the back of the frame has been marked by the toggle action. Too bad. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

09-14-2002, 05:21 PM	#7
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The color does not match my gold painted ones. It is a different shade from Rustoleum. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

09-14-2002, 11:56 PM	#9
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Jan, That is my line of thinking, also. I figure someone purchased the pistol and kept it in his safe as protection if he was robbed. It is my understanding that many rich men kept their wealth in gold brick and dust. They did not trust paper currency. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

09-13-2002, 08:53 AM	#3
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	It's probably the one Grandpa Stonebender carried during his days in the Yukon.

09-14-2002, 04:51 PM	#4
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Maybe it was carried by guard at a gold mining or refining complex? just guessing. Steve.

09-14-2002, 04:59 PM	#6
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Maybe someone spraypainted it gold and didn't like it, and peeled the paint off. Just thought of that. About those high altitude valve stems....... Stevie.

09-14-2002, 11:44 PM	#8
Jan C Still User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Box 240188, Douglas, Alaska, 99824 Posts: 463 Thanks: 0 Thanked 52 Times in 32 Posts	Wes Tiny flakes of gold (dust) sometimes leak through the bottom of containing sacks and Luger grips could act as riffles. In any case it sure makes an interesting story. Jan

09-15-2002, 11:09 AM	#10
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	tacfoley, I have made it a lifelong goal to never be caught speechless or to offer a feeble reply or retort. But you sir have set me back quite a few pegs. My hat is off to you. (All I ask is that you do not call me 'Dear'.) __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

09-15-2002, 05:44 PM	#11
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	[img]biggrin.gif[/img] he gotcha Wes [img]biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

09-15-2002, 09:33 PM	#12
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Darling Edward, I realize that. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

09-15-2002, 09:58 PM	#13
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	There is something going on here that is a little more 'flaky' than that gold dust! __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

09-16-2002, 11:13 AM	#14
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Lugers may be contaminated with gold just as virtually every $100 bill in existence contains a microscopic amount of cocaine.

09-16-2002, 01:41 PM	#15
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	Aaron, this problem is easily avoided if you print your own.