As we wait for my Luger to arrive, I have a question for Don. In your research of different police units have you found any units that have a high percentage of the 1929 made police issued Lugers?
I have a theory that the production of the 24,000 1929 police Lugers is directly connected to the 1929 decree that the police should have the 4 inch barrel lugers. I do not think that when a police unit sent in their Lugers to be reworked that they would receive these same Lugers back. Too big of a logistical headache. Instead the first units ordered to turn in their pistols actually received a batch of the new 1929 Lugers first. That way they would not be without guns. Then, as the government received more and more of the old Lugers and had a chance to rework them, they would then start issuing these reworked pistols along with some of the new ones to other police units.
If this was the case there should be a few police units that received all new 1929 models at the very onset of the program. Thus these units would have a high percentage of 1929 models. I'm curious if any of the data you have may back up this theory of mine.
Let me know what you think and if this makes any sense. It seems logical to me.
Thanks!
Last edited by jags; 04-09-2012 at 02:08 AM.
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