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G.T. · 05-02-2001, 10:05 AM

Hi Ted! Over the years,in talking with vet's on how they aquired their P.38's, I have heard some interesting srories, One story related to me in person, by a old vet went like this, he said his group came across a supply train that was abandon, in one of the open cars they found a metal container that was full of P.38's, exactly 30...the reason he remembers this number is there were exactly 30 men in his group and everyone got 1 pistol....he went on to tell me that they all had black grips and were all a frosty slate gray color.....this man had nothing to sell and no reason to make anything up, he was just telling me the event as he remembered it.....on a seperate occasion, I purchased an AC/43 mauser P.38 from a fellow collector that acquired it from the vet. This collector is a close personal friend and he has never misrepresnted anything in the 20+ years I have known him, the story related to him was much the same, as the pistol (stone mint) came from a metal box containing 30 P.38's.....I know it is all word of mouth, and fifty year old memories, but I believe! till...later...G.T.

05-02-2001, 10:05 AM	#4
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Re: Luger Factory Shipments Hi Ted! Over the years,in talking with vet's on how they aquired their P.38's, I have heard some interesting srories, One story related to me in person, by a old vet went like this, he said his group came across a supply train that was abandon, in one of the open cars they found a metal container that was full of P.38's, exactly 30...the reason he remembers this number is there were exactly 30 men in his group and everyone got 1 pistol....he went on to tell me that they all had black grips and were all a frosty slate gray color.....this man had nothing to sell and no reason to make anything up, he was just telling me the event as he remembered it.....on a seperate occasion, I purchased an AC/43 mauser P.38 from a fellow collector that acquired it from the vet. This collector is a close personal friend and he has never misrepresnted anything in the 20+ years I have known him, the story related to him was much the same, as the pistol (stone mint) came from a metal box containing 30 P.38's.....I know it is all word of mouth, and fifty year old memories, but I believe! till...later...G.T.