Mike T.

I will be the first to admit that my ignorance on this specific topic and on Lugers in general is awesome. However, I could not fathom why the OSS would make 100 Lugers from scratch unless they had some hidden special features to them. If on the other hand the OSS was merely issuing a pistol to agents in Europe which would be less suspicious than an American weapon, why not just use captured byf's instead of guns which are obviously conspicuous by their lack of markings?


Mob hits are often made in this country with guns with the serial numbers ground off in order to impede the investigation, but I somehow doubt that OSS agents would rely on this technique as a means of eluding the Gestapo.


I do hope you find an answer, as I am intrigued by your pistol. Maybe one of the experts here knows right off the bat what it is.