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I've never heard a collector refer to M1900s, 1906s, contracts or commericals as "Imperial Lugers".
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! The difference here is that I use the term "Imperial era" in my taxonomy of Luger variations. I would not disagree with then breaking out sub-categories of "Imperial military", "Imperial commercial" and "Imperial contract". I agree that the vernacular connotation of "Imperial Luger" generally implies the military version to most folks, but I liken that to calling all tissues "Kleenex" (or for the British, calling all vacuum cleaners "Hoovers"). I am kind of the reverse of the connotation by "most folks" in that I tend to equate the term "Imperial Luger" with Imperial era Lugers. Guess I never have quite fit in
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