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Johnny Peppers · 08-11-2002, 02:02 PM

Pete,
I tried doing a search but couldn't find anything posted by Mike Jones, but I seem to remember a post by Mike explaining that the #5 .45 Luger was actually the R.W. Norton pistol. Does anyone else remember this?
I have also heard other theories on the magazines for the .45 Lugers. As they would have been fabricated by hand one at the time, they were simply numbered to provide a reference number and not a weapon number. None of the other test Lugers I am aware of which were sent to the US had serial numbered magazines. The Norton .45 Luger is not serial numbered, but has magazine #3.
Unless the Sidney Aberman .45 Luger has had the grip repaired, it too has the dreaded safety lever chip missing from the left grip. The Norton pistol does not have the chipped grip.

08-11-2002, 02:02 PM	#8
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pete, I tried doing a search but couldn't find anything posted by Mike Jones, but I seem to remember a post by Mike explaining that the #5 .45 Luger was actually the R.W. Norton pistol. Does anyone else remember this? I have also heard other theories on the magazines for the .45 Lugers. As they would have been fabricated by hand one at the time, they were simply numbered to provide a reference number and not a weapon number. None of the other test Lugers I am aware of which were sent to the US had serial numbered magazines. The Norton .45 Luger is not serial numbered, but has magazine #3. Unless the Sidney Aberman .45 Luger has had the grip repaired, it too has the dreaded safety lever chip missing from the left grip. The Norton pistol does not have the chipped grip.