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Unread 11-16-2013, 11:41 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Ron Wood View Post
An interesting broad brush summary of Lugers and collecting, sort of an "Introduction to Lugers" . The generalizations are OK but there are a couple of errors. There were 50, not 25, Model 1902 9mm Lugers with the Powell Indicating Device. The Swiss began manufacturing their own Lugers at Bern in 1918...the lable "1924 Bern" has been in common use for a long time and it is totally wrong.
"When George Luger invented his automatic pistol..."

Another error...he did not invent it...he refined an existing design...
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