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Unread 04-17-2007, 08:12 PM   #26
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Originally posted by Ron Wood
...Actually only around 6000 Vickers Lugers were made for the Dutch. A few low serial numbered guns were made by Vickers for company executives and promotional purposes, so for a long time it was thought that the guns were numbered from 1 to a little over 10,000. ...
yes, I should have been more exact Ron, the Dutch Indies did order 10,000 lugers, but that is total over the years, not 10,000 Vickers.

The Vickers marked lugers were a continuation of the DWM guns made if I remember correctly. , so that is what I meant.


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