Mike T.

However, on the other hand, Lee says it has the Swiss style grips. I have never seen a Swiss Luger in person, but don't the Swiss grips mount on a straight and non-curved frontstrap, which is not something which would have probably been available to GI's rooting through the bins of the Mauser factory after the war (also, actually, wasn't it the French who took over the factory--or was that just Walther?)? I previously indicated my problems with the OSS theory, but I also am not convinced that this gun can be explained away by the handyman GI hypothesis.


Also, and this is just my opinion, if this is in fact a Luger made by conquering GI's pillaging the remains of the Third Reich, it would be collectable, historical, and interesting in its own right, even if it wasn't officially made by the factory. I will stop at this point, however, before we get into what makes a gun a genuine Luger. I could see this leading into a debate on whether or not modern stainless steel guns with toggles are really Lugers, etc. and it is really not my intention of going there.


I think that we would all like Lee to post photos of his pistol.