Ed,
I am still unclear of your point # 3...it sounds like you are implying/stating the two (2) guns brought over by Luger for the Trials had the same grip angle...(?).
The only 55* grip angle luger in .45 caliber was thought to be the one in the old photograph (that some speculated was taken by the folks conducting the US Trials) and shown in the books by Matthews, Meadows, and finally Reese (1st printing, only). If this # 1 gun was also a 60* grip angled gun, then which gun was photographed in that old photo showing a 55* angle....??? Your premise would lead one to believe that # 1, # 2, and the Norton gun were all 60* angled guns...so what other "model" was left behind...? And who took the photo of the gun with the 55* angle...? and where was it taken...?
Could you fill in the blanks :
1. Serial # 1 - ___* grip angle. Used and destroyed at the Trials. Shown in the Matthews/Meadows photo/books and even in the 1st. edition of the Reese book. (Assuming the photo was taken at time of the Trials...). I thought it had the 55* grip angle.
2. Serial # 2 - 60* grip angle (the old Sid Abermann gun).
3. Un-numbered gun - 60* grip angle (in the Norton Gallery with magazine numbered # 3). This gun is shown in the revised H. Jones book (in my copyo of the 4th. printing in 1975) with its 60* grip angle. Is this the factory leave-behind gun ? Yes ____ No ___
4. "Rumored" Gun # 5 - ____* grip angle (???)
5. "Rumored" gun # 14 - ____* grip angle (???)
6. Luger carbine # 21 (if accepted as real...) - 55* grip angle.
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />