Looking for 1905 45 ACP Luger blueprints

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by saab-bob

Ron
Is the different grip angle a attempt to make the .45 ACP version feed better?

My guess is that the actual gun used in the test trials was a tool room prototype made for the trials and followed the same grip angle as standard Lugers. The later pistols (presumably brought for back up to the test piece) I believe were more a marketing ploy. The sharper grip angle made it look more like the Colt, pehaps giving it more appeal to the US military, and may have been an attempt to influence the purchase of additional Lugers. Judging from the firing results of the .45 Luger test piece and more modern firing of the Aberman and Norton guns lead me to believe that both grip angles were successfully engineered to feed and function reliably.