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Unread 05-16-2008, 01:28 PM   #3
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The Boers were mainly Mauser customers and real Mauser fans as well. They would have preferred the Mausers first as a result, many Mauser rifles and C96 pistols ended up there.

It's not impossible, but in my eyes very unlikely that DWM made lugers were used there.

A postcard sent from South Africa during the Boer Wars:


And a card that was for sale a while ago:



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