More Black Widow Questions (long)

[bill m]

Hi Tracy,

I understand your comments, but I do not know how to answer the question without telling the truth, and just telling it like I believe it is. You can make all kinds of statements that no one know how it came from the factory, and that is true, but by recording guns and serial number lists and large data collections, we have a very good idea of how they were, and when a transition took place, and what is correct and what isn't. In this case, there is no doubt that the magazines that were issued with this gun were fxo magazines with an alumium base, serial numbered to the gun. Also, from serial numbers and data of byf Lugers, it is also highly unlikely that this gun was issued with plastic grips. They could very well be replacements in the field, possibly broken or ect., but we do not know this. The last thing I would want would be to dis-courage someone from collecting, but when someone asks a question that I feel I can answer honestly and truthfully, I can not help it if it is not the answer they were looking for. We all have to have guide-lines to go by. This tells us what is correct and what isn't. You can make assumptions and have "what if's" all the time to make something seem correct, but without these guide-lines none of us would have any idea what was correct and what isn't.