1902 American Eagle "Fat Barrel" Luger

Ron Wood · 11-27-2003, 10:58 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr /> In 1902-03, another order of 50 Lugers was placed for the 7.65mm 4" barrel Cartridge Counter Luger, which was subsequently swapped for the 9mm caliber Cartridge Counter Luger (50). <hr /></blockquote>To the best of my knowledge, there never were any 7.65mm Cartridge Counter Lugers. From resources that I have read, 50 of the original 1000 7.65mm purchase were to be traded for the 50 9mm Cartridge Counter weapons.

Fifty 9mm Lugers were ordered for testing. The grips and magazines were a design of Lt. Powell of US Army Ordnance (technically known as the "Powell Indicating Device"). There was a delay in shipment of the 9mm Cartridge Counters as DWM claimed there was some delay in adapting the special grips.

What reference are you quoting that states that there were 7.65mm Cartridge Counter weapons ordered?

11-27-2003, 10:58 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,124 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> In 1902-03, another order of 50 Lugers was placed for the 7.65mm 4" barrel Cartridge Counter Luger, which was subsequently swapped for the 9mm caliber Cartridge Counter Luger (50). </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">To the best of my knowledge, there never were any 7.65mm Cartridge Counter Lugers. From resources that I have read, 50 of the original 1000 7.65mm purchase were to be traded for the 50 9mm Cartridge Counter weapons. Fifty 9mm Lugers were ordered for testing. The grips and magazines were a design of Lt. Powell of US Army Ordnance (technically known as the "Powell Indicating Device"). There was a delay in shipment of the 9mm Cartridge Counters as DWM claimed there was some delay in adapting the special grips. What reference are you quoting that states that there were 7.65mm Cartridge Counter weapons ordered? __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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