Postino, read the last, or latest posting by Albert Beliard (Imperial Arms) on this and Jan Still's Forums. His presentation in the form of a contest in "luger naming" espouses his latest thinking, supported by our Bulgarian contingent (Pavlov), that these lugers are not Russian lugers at all but Bulgarian lugers apparently sent to a Bulgarian Infantry regiment with many Russian soldiers as part of the regiment. The theory is compelling and hard to refute, especially as to why the words stamped on the safety area and extractor are 100% Bulgarian, and not "old Russian" as the old (read former) theorists lead us to believe. If this is so, how do we explain the 1900 "Russian"? Is this rare example an outright fake, an early "Bulgarian" or "Russian" salesman's piece to garner a contract, or ?? The Tula proof on the barrel of the 1906 "Russian-Bulgarian" is explained by Albert in the text. This is fine food for discussion, stay tuned!
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