</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> In 1902-03, another order of 50 Lugers was placed for the 7.65mm 4" barrel Cartridge Counter Luger, which was subsequently swapped for the 9mm caliber Cartridge Counter Luger (50). </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">To the best of my knowledge, there never were any 7.65mm Cartridge Counter Lugers. From resources that I have read, 50 of the original 1000 7.65mm purchase were to be traded for the 50 9mm Cartridge Counter weapons.
Fifty 9mm Lugers were ordered for testing. The grips and magazines were a design of Lt. Powell of US Army Ordnance (technically known as the "Powell Indicating Device"). There was a delay in shipment of the 9mm Cartridge Counters as DWM claimed there was some delay in adapting the special grips.
What reference are you quoting that states that there were 7.65mm Cartridge Counter weapons ordered?
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