[alanint]

I usually don't weigh in on this type of exchange, but what was origianlly said was exactly this: (cut and pasted, not transcribed)

"20 years ago, VOPO"S were not considered real Lugers(Meaning original) for they were mismatched, now they are identified as real? Because the French assembled them and they were actually fitted. Is this true. Why can't we look at 20 commercials as such, being they were not original even as they left the factory."

As someone who majored in English in college, I read this exactly as Vlim has. The statement, as structured, implies that VoPo Lugers were assembled and fitted by the French, which is not the case. Vlim clarified that the French did assemble Lugers in conjunction with Mauser. They just had nothing to do with Vopo reworks.

And that's my opinion...