One other thing I forgot to mention....
It may already be somewhere here on the forum, but if not, here's how to get your own free copy of Georg Luger's 1904 patent on his Luger. The patent number is 753414 (admin, I changed the number for you and delted the other posting

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Here's the link to the US Patent office
http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm
Type in 753414 into the "query" box and then hit the search button.
When the next screen comes up, hit the "images" button and enjoy!
Dave in TN