"A Luger Short Story" Page 6

The Ohio Gun

Collectors Association

Roberts CentreWilmington, OH

Next Meeting

September 19-20, 2009AFFILIATED WITH THE NRA AND CMP

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTOFFICERSPRESIDENT

Frank S. Hodges, Jr.

FIRST VICE PRESIDENTCecil Parker

SECOND VICE PRESIDENTJim Tekavec

SECRETARYJoe W. Pittenger

TREASURERThomas L. Kyser

DIRECTORS2009-2010-2011

Frank Becker, Jr.Thomas E. Bowersox

Jon Chorpenning2008-2009-2010Terrie L. Hill

Charles D. MetcalfCharles D. Rush

Kenneth Seminatore2007-2008-2009

Hal FerrellFrank Kern

Robert Ray Preston

BUSINESS OFFICEOGCA P.O. Box 670406

Sagamore Hills, OH 44067-0406Laura Knotts, Business Mgr.

PH: (330) 467-5733Fax: (330) 467-5793

Email: ogca@ogca.comWeb: www.ogca.com

Inside - Sept. '09 PgScore Card Doesn't Matter 3Blue Book Publications 4NRA Gun Collectors 5A Luger Short Story 6Wounded Warrior Project 8Applicants 9Guest Passes 11Table Application 13Candidates to Campaign 15

We have lots of important news to share with members. On page 4 you will fi nd out how to use your membership to tap into data from The Blue Book of Firearms. It's yet one more benefi t of membership, and we are duly proud to call author, S.P. Fjes-tad, one of our own for almost 30 years.

On the opposite page, our legislative Chair-man Ken Seminatore points out that logic and recent scientifi c data should render the fi ght for our fi rearm 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 mes-sage out there.

The raffl e drawing for the collector grade M-1 Garand, M-1 Carbine and handsome Ely Tomahawk is noon Sunday of the Sep-tember meeting. Everyone wins since all money goes to your fi rearms freedom. We are accepting raffl e tickets by mail or in per-son at the September meeting as per the announcement on the back cover.

Everyone knows what the NRA does for hunters, shooters, youth and safety instruc-tion. But what about fi rearm collecting? Find out on page 7 in an article written by OGCA Past President Robert Wos who is also an NRA Director and member of the NRA Gun Collectors Committee.

Every fi rearm accident is avoidable and we intend to avoid them. You will be happy to know that for everyone's safety we are coming down hard on safety violations. When you get ready to go, make sure you know there is nothing loaded in that arm! "Loaded in - - and you're out!" Our security guards and volunteers in charge of enforce-ment have the toughest, most thankless job in the hall. Give them your full cooperation and appreciation for helping to ensure our safety and show quality.

The July meeting was most enjoyable. We had 471 guests, 130 new applicants and 731 tables. The L.C. Smith Collec-tors Association featured a display of fa-ther/son 12 ga./20 ga. shotguns thanks to Frank Finch of New Jersey, Len Applegate of Ohio and Cliff White of Georgia.

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 mem-ber 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 An-nual Trap Shoot benefi ting The Wounded Warrior Project. OGCA is a proud sup-porter. 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 biogra-phies on page 15 and meet them in person at the September meeting (bring your bet-ter half, too).

Sincerely,

Frank S. Hodges, Jr.Guest Guest Pass Forms Pass Forms

Page 11Page 11OGCA MEMORABILIA WANTED

OGCA Founder Miller Bedford

OGCA was formed in 1937 and will celebrate its 75th Anniversary in 2012. Help us gather pieces from our past to preserve, document, educate and exhibit. Contact Tom Kyser, Cecil Parker or any Director, Offi cer or Past President to donate memorabilia, submit an article or for more information.

With a combined 109 years of membership: (From left) OGCA 1st VP Cecil Parker, Presi-

dent Frank Hodges, and 2nd VP Jim Tekavec.

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During a meeting of this associa-tion and while on the premises, no person shall posses any loaded or primed fi rearm or air gun. From rule #1 of OGCA Bylaws Part 1 Safety Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All fi rearms, other than those which are fully disassembled, must be checked, cleared and secured to make the fi rearm inoperable us-ing plastic ties prior to member and fi rearm entering the meeting fl oor. From Bylaws Part II Section B.

Three years ago, a study group ap-pointed by the Centers for Dis-ease Control, sur-veyed gun control laws throughout the country. It concluded that no scientifi c data ex-ists showing any of the laws actu-ally work.

The American people now overwhelm-ingly reject the notion that new gun con-trols should be adopted.

Following the sunset of the so-called “as-sault” 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 Doc-trine self-defense laws, or after passage of the Federal ban on nuisance lawsuits which sought to bankrupt the fi rearms industry by legal proceedings.

In fact, violent crimes dropped in most new concealed carry jurisdictions, while fi rearms 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 vio-lent crimes! Except in “gun-free” zones, where law-abiding sheep are forced to post targets on their backs and adver-tise their vulnerability to the criminal and the crazed.

Scholars and the Courts are increasing-ly 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 Ap-peals just ruled that the Second Amend-ment 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 adverse-ly effect, impact, or infringe your natural law rights to carry, keep, or bear arms.

For now, we not only have the votes in

WHY THE SCORE CARD DOESN'T MATTER - BY KENNETH F. SEMINATORE, DIRECTOR

Congress to block a new assault weap-ons ban, but suffi cient 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 al-legedly been fi red. Hence, it concludes that, for example, a national reference ballistic image database is not advis-able. In the end, for dozens of reasons too numerous to catalogue here, these “scientifi c” tools really end up relying on “subjective decisions” based on “unar-ticulated 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 sci-ence, why do we have to fi ght 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 be-lieve 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 infl uence

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 pri-vate, gated communities, personal se-curity forces and who have carried con-cealed 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 scientifi c advancement, the major-ity of Americans who support our views grows!

And that is why the Clinton-era gun ban treaty – never ratifi ed – may be Presi-dent Obama’s last best shot, especially if he swings the Supreme Court majority. With a mere Senate ratifi cation 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 pow-der dry, your courage “locked and load-ed,” and remember, you can win every round, every quarter, every inning, but the score card doesn’t count – only the fi nal outcome!

Ken Seminatore, Director

Inspect and unload all guns before you leave home. During a meeting and while on the premises, no person shall possess any loaded or primed fi rearm or air gun. Violators will be asked to leave meeting.All fi rearms must be checked, cleared and secured to make the fi rearm inoperable using plastic ties prior to member and fi rearm entering the meeting fl oor. All fi rearms must be immediately retied if removed for inspection.Clips and magazines must be removed prior to entering hall. All fi rearms brought to the meeting hall by members must be presented at the Gun Tie Desk at the entrance to be rechecked and retied if needed. Gun ties are 20 for a dollar or $.05 each and will not be denied if you do not have the change. Tableholders must tie all cartridge fi rearms prior to the fi rearms being 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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SAFETY REMINDERS FROM THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

We are pleased to announce the entire word databases for the Blue Book of Gun Values by life member S.P. Fjestad, plus the Blue Book of Airguns and BlueBook 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 (see illustration), which is on your show badge, in addition to being printed on the envelope of each newsletter. Once your membership number has been verified, users will be able to browse all the information and images in the three extensive databases. This will allow the user to find the correct make/model/variation. If values are needed, simply add them to the shopping basket, and they can be purchased by individual model, category (i.e., pistols, rifles,

shotguns), manufacturer/trademark, or the entire book. Additionally, if you would like to purchase books, CD-ROMs, and other products, you can also add them to your basket. When completed, the 20% discount for OGCA members will be automatically subtracted from the total, and S/H charges will then be added when applicable, depending on the shipping method chosen.

Other useful services include free access to the extensive Trademark Index, the most complete and up-to-date contact information available for both domestic and international manufacturers, importers, and distributors, the Photo Percentage Grading System (PPGS), which contains digital color images of revolvers, pistols, rifles, and shotguns in both the newer percentage and older NRA grading systems, extensive 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 Blue Book of Gun Values database is 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.

Author & Publisher S.P. Fjestad has also mentioned that feedback is encouraged from the membership, including informa-tional content and values on both books and electronic products, as well as any website suggestions/enhancements. Please email him your suggestions/com-ments at: bluebook@bluebookinc.com

NEW 20/20 PROGRAM FROM BLUE BOOK PUBLICATIONS, INC.

S.P. Fjestad, life member and author/publisher of the Blue Book

of Gun Values

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On the webwww.ogca.com

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THE NRA GUN COLLECTORS COMMITTEE - BY ROBERT WOS, PAST PRESIDENT

Many of you recognize the NRA as the na-tion's number one pro-gun organization, but did you know the NRA also serves as an in-valuable 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 Na-tional Firearms Museum Curator of Programs, Phil Schreier, I have tried to outline the mis-sion and history of the NRA’s Gun Collectors Committee.

The responsibilities of the NRA Gun Collec-tors Committee are to preserve the right of the people to acquire, possess, and exhibit fi rearms; to encourage gun collecting or-ganizations to affi liate with and to promote membership in the NRA; to encourage the conservation of fi rearms; to encourage the edifi cation of the NRA members and the pub-lic in the signifi cance of fi rearms.

There is an NRA Gun Collector Seminar host-ed by one of the Gun Collector Club/Associa-tion affi liates. OGCA is an affi liate, along with many others. One of the NRA Club Affi liates offers to host or sponsor the annual seminar and provides the location, along with orga-nization 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 An-nual NRA Gun Collectors Show that is hosted by one of the NRA affi liated collector orga-nizations. 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 Springfi eld, MA.

The committee instituted a gold medal to be awarded to fi rearms determined to be of such historical value that they qualify for National Treasure status. The committee also makes available to its collector affi liates a special silver medallion to be awarded for rare and unique fi earms.

The committee is made up of both NRA Board and non-board members who are appointed

annually by the President of the NRA. I am personally honored, and fortunate to be part of this committee.

HistoryThe NRA's Board of Directors established a committee on gun collecting to further the scope of the aims and objectives of the as-sociation. It is thought that the Armor & Arms Club of New York, founded in 1921, was the fi rst club or association founded for the study and collection of fi rearms.

OGCA was formed in 1937 and is considered one of NRA's oldest affi liates. Currently there are over 110 gun collector clubs, associa-tions and societies that are affi liated with the NRA's Gun Collectors Programs.

In 1948, the NRA began to hold public exhibi-tions in conjunction with their annual meet-ings 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 Con-vention. OGCA was one of the fi rst affi liated clubs to present an exhibit at the NRA's an-nual meetings and has been the only affi liated club to attend every consecutive year since.

In 1960, the Gun Collectors Committee opened up the exhibit hall to competition between collector affi liates for a silver bowl award trophy for the best exhibit now known as the NRA Gun Collectors Trophy. OGCA 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 med-als, 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 certifi cates 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 com-mittee 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 meet-ings are open to NRA members and partici-

pation from affi liated clubs is encouraged. It is currently Chaired by Wayne Anthony Ross of Alaska.

Additional responsibilities of the committee are to help establish collecting clubs through-out the U.S., encourage collecting and col-lecting events. Additionally, the committee has published Gun Collectors guides and guides on running gun shows. An article on the activities of the Gun Collectors commit-tee 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 col-lectors. As curators of this world-class mu-seum, the NRA serves gun collectors world-wide, and it is within a days drive for most people reading this article. Visit this Fairfax, VA museum and you will feel like a kid in a candy shop. It is truly a great resource for collectors.

The Gun Collectors Committee has a long history and important future as it fulfi lls its role as a 2-way bridge between fi rearm en-thusiasts and the die-hard collector. Gun collectors have always been an invaluable resource to the NRA. Join me as a collec-tor and NRA member in continuing to build bridges between gun collectors and fi rearm 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

Robert Wos with NRA President, Ron Schmeits, at a recent OGCA meeting

Wayne Anthony Ross, Chairman of the NRA Gun Collectors Committee, presents an

award to Johnny Bassett at the '09 NRA An-nual Meeting. Both are members of OGCA.

Phil Schreier and Jim Supica, Firearms Muse-um Experts, that can often be found at OGCA

The development and history of the Luger pistol has been the subject of several ex-cellent 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. Hi-ram 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 ma-chine 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. fi rearms companies, in-cluding 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 Bu-dapest. 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 Ger-many and England in 1893 and is techni-cally called the “C 93,” although factory literature refers to it as the Borchardt Au-tomatic Repeating Pistol. It was made initially by Ludwig Loewe & Cie of Berlin. In 1897, the arms making part of this fi rm 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 offi cer, Luger was a con-sultant 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 hand-gun and not robust enough to serve as a carbine, especially for the cavalry. Bor-chardt, 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 fi -nal 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, Bor-chardt-Luger’s System, Swiss Regulation Pattern 1900.” DWM literature refers to the pistol as the “Parabellum,” which was the fi rm’s telegraph code address. Ameri-cans generally use the term “Luger” be-cause 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 signifi cant me-chanical change in the 1904-1906 period. A coil spring replaced the original leaf mainspring, the gripping knobs on the tog-gle were reshaped and fully checkered, the extractor was modifi ed to serve a dual function as a loaded chamber indicator,

and the toggle anti-bounce lock was elimi-nated as superfl uous. Pistols with these features are generally known as the “new model,” while guns in the original confi gu-ration 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 signifi cant 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 adop-tion by the German navy in 1904 and, fi -nally, the army in 1908.

After the Luger was offi cially adopted by the Prussian military--The Marine Model 1904 or MM 04 for the navy and the Pis-tole 1908, or P 08 for the army--the gov-ernment instructed its arms factory at Er-furt to tool up to produce the gun. The original plan called for Erfurt to be the pri-mary supplier for the P 08 (only DWM ever made the MM 04) with DWM secondary.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lugers but Were Afraid to Ask - By John Eckert

Old Model Luger from DWM manual

circa 1902

Automatic Repeating Pistol, Borchardt U.S. Patent 1896

Georg Luger, Inventor

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 re-strictions, they sold some guns to the Ger-man military and lots of commercial stuff overseas especially in the U.S. Switzer-land, 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 Obern-dorf a/N. Guns, spare parts, production machinery, raw materials, workers, and

managers were transferred. Mauser con-tinued to supply guns to the Dutch. Sim-son’s contract expired in 1934 and was not renewed (Simson was Jewish owned). In 1935, another Suhl based gunmaker, Heinrich Krieghoff, was awarded a con-tract to produce about 10,000 new Lugers for the German air force.

Mauser produced a few Lugers for com-mercial sales and foreign contracts be-tween 1930 and the end of World War 2, but the bulk of their output was for the Ger-man military, starting with the fi rst 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 fi rm, Interarms, persuaded a rejuvenated Mauser Werke to make new guns about 1970. This proj-ect, which fi nally ended in 1985, included several different variations and commem-oratives; rising costs and an unfavorable exchange rate limited success.

In 1992, Mitchell Arms of California of-fered 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.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis article originally appeared as a hand-out 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, Da-vid Kimble, which appeared on the cov-er of Guns & Ammo magazine. Special thanks to Ron Wood whose help made this cover possible.

The published works of the following au-thors and researchers were consulted in preparing this document and are grate-fully acknowledged; in alphabetical order: Francis C. Allen, Eugene J. Bender, Vit-torio Bobba, Fred A. Datig, Randall Gib-son, Harry E. Jones, Charles Kenyon, Jr., Jon Kitts, Reinhard Kornmayer, Bas Mar-tens and Guus De Vries, John H. Morgan, Michael Reese, II, Ralph E. Shattuck, Jan C. Still, Dr. Geoff Sturgess, John Walter.

MANUFACTURERS, DATES AND PRODUCTION ESTIMATES

DWM/BKIW, Berlin, Germany 1900-1930 1,331,000 Royal (Prussian) Arms Factory, Erfurt, Germany 1911-1918 520,000Royal Arms Factory, Spandau, Germa-ny (parts assembly only), 1918 200Federal Arms Factory, Bern, Switzer-land, 1919-1946 48,000Vickers, Ltd, Craypool, England, 1921 6,250Simson & Co., Suhl, Germany, 1923-1934 13,500Heinrich Krieghoff Arms Factory, Suhl, Germany, 1935-1945 13,850Mauser Werke, Oberndorf a/N, Gemany, 1930-1945 1,014,000VEB Ernst Thalmann, Suhl, Germany 1953 100Mauser Werke, Oberndorf a/N, Germany, 1969-1985 21,000AIMCO, Houston, Texas (stainless steel only), 1992-2001 10,000

Approximate Total 2,977,900

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Presented at the NRA Annual Meeting May 2009THE LUGER PISTOL - Its Development as a Pistol-Carbine

From the Collection of John Eckert

New Model Luger from a 1936 Mauser manual

Ormand Smith Carbine from the Eckert Exhibit

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 fi ne 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.”

REMEMBERED

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COAC’s (Central Ohio American Charities) 2nd Annual Trap Shoot benefi ting 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 Blanken-ship 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.

SEPTEMBER 25TH TRAP SHOOT TO BENEFITTHE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT

Member, Eric Deaton is running as an Independent for U.S. Senate in 2010. Meet him at the September meeting and fi nd 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.dea-tonforsenate.com for more informa-tion.

Tableholders: The hall manage-ment 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 fi rearms through the CMP.

Over 20 fi rearms were stolen from a member in Kent, Ohio, on April 22, 2009. Please visit our web site "Alert" page for a list of stolen fi re-arms and contact Detective Travis at (330) 673-7733 with any informa-tion to help solve the crime.

Congestion near the entrance along the walls has affected safe and ready access of the hall to indi-viduals coming into the hall. This is due to a few individuals who impede aisle traffi c entering the hall by at-tempting to deal fi rearms against or near the walls. Individuals who per-sist 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.

Any vehicle illegally parked in a handicap space will be turned over to the Sheriff's offi ce to be towed and the owner ticketed and fi ned. No announcement will be made.

Trading must be done on the meet-ing hall fl oor. No trading in the lobby or parking lot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS

Our membership roster includes many soldiers, sailors and marines, and it is an honor to help sponsor this fi ne program. OGCA donated $1,500 last year and $2,500 this year.

There are several ways that you can get involved. Visit www.coachar i -ties.org and www.wounded war-riorproject.org for more information or call member Ken Green at (614) 222-3809.

L.C. SMITH COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION IN JULY

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.

TROY PARTIN DELIGHTS MEMBERS WITH COLT 1911 DISPLAY

In March, member Troy Partin, put on a fi ne 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. 19411911 A1 Navy 1938 production shipped August 27, 1942 USS Harry Lee1911 A1 Navy 1937 production shipped Mar 18, 1937

We are in need of a featured displayer for September 19-20. Our Featured Dis-play November 21-22 will be Tom Clap-per and "The Wonderful World of 22".

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Troy is holding a 1911 A1 Navy 1940 production Pacifi c 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 Wilming-ton, Ohio between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM. We have 5 fi ne candidates willing to give up their time to con-tribute 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. Qualifi cations: As a consultant and crises manager, had many ex-periences dealing with diffi cult 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.

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 fi rearms and edged weapons. Qualifi ca-tions: Current OGCA Director 2007-2009, served as chairman or member of various OGCA Commit-tees. 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 Rifl e & 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 rifl es. Has been collecting since the age of 6. Qualifi cations: Private law practice for 15 years. Legal practice focuses on business transactions, real estate deals and their litigation. Experienced in negotia-tions, creating contracts, resolving employment issues, dispute resolution and investigating controver-sies. Memberships: Parker Gun Collectors Association for 9 years, NRA for 21 years, Hilltop Sports-mans 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 Fi-nal Process Driver for GM. Collecting Interests: Winchester 1885 High Wall Rifl es, gun sights and scopes. Collecting since 1970. Qualifi cations: 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 experi-ence 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.

ANTHONY C. ZINSMAYER Member of OGCA for 7 years. Profession: President and CEO of A-Z Ma-sonry, Inc. Collecting Interests: Civil War guns, swords, WWI & WWII US Knives, WWII 1911 pistols, cap guns, Sharps and Hankins fi rearms, Colt pocket model and Colt 1877s. Qualifi cations: Entrepre-neur, 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.

HAL FERRELL

FRANK KERN

SEAN A. MCCARTER

ROBERT RAY PRESTON

ANTHONY C. ZINSMAYER

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 + tax5.) 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 + tax7.) 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 + tax11) General Denver Hotel (6 mi) 81 W. Main St. Wilmington. $85 + tax but present OGCA badge for $10 discount. Historic Inn (937) 383-4141.

DIRECTIONS THE ROBERTS CENTRE

WILMINGTON, OHIO

Saturday 8 AM - 5 PMSunday 8 AM - 2 PM

BUSINESS OFFICE: P.O. Box 670406, Sagamore Hills, OH 44067-0406 *Ph: (330) 467-5733 * Fax (330) 467-5793 * web: www.ogca.com

Left: Director/Pac Chariman Frank Becker accepting another incredible

handcrafted tomahawk from Rob-ert Ely for a future fundraiser. Wow, thanks Robert! Right: Georgia Wos and Barb Tekavec selling raffl e tick-

ets at the July meeting. Many thanks!

PAC RAFFLE DRAWING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH

Jan. 9-10, 2010March 13-14, 2010May 22-23, 2010July 17-18, 2010Sept. 11-12, 2010Nov. 20-21, 2010

Sept. 19-20, 2009Nov. 21-22, 2009

Admission is strictly limited to members & their guests.

Jan. 8-9, 2011 March 12-13, 2011May 7-8, 2011July 16-17, 2011Sept. 17-18, 2011Nov. 19-20, 2011

2009

2010 2011Jan. 7-8, 2012 March 10-11, 2012May 5-6, 2012July 21-22, 2012Sept. 15-16, 2012Nov. 17-18, 2012

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Admission isto members

2009SSN

Meeting Dates

2012 (tentative)

Nov. 20 21,, 2010 NoNov.v. 1 199 2020,,, 20201111 NoNov.v. 1 177 1818,, 20201212Annual Display Show & Banquet held each May

Adherence to All SAFETY Rules Required

“Loaded in - - and You’re OUT!”