[bill m]

Hi Kyrie,

Lets look at this from a logical viewpoint. Lets say that a few Imperials were issued with a numbered pin, and the majority were blank. Explain this? What makes this 1917, and all the other ones special enough to change an assembly process? What makes them scattered throughout the entire Imperial production, and not in a close group-- I take it that the others you have observed were scattered? You have observed more of these, but I have not found anyone else who has seen one that was not a reworked for the Weimar or Nazi era. If this was a special production feature, why would they be scattered, as the 1913 and 1914's with and without the stock lug are in a relatively close group? You are actually going on "hear-say", that the gun was never messed with. We actually do not know what happened to it from 1917 through 1923, and for that matter after that, other than "hear-say". What makes this an exception to all the rules? Was it a two matching magazine rig?


There is a reason that the pin is numbered. I feel very confident that no Imperials were issued with a numbered pin, so how did this one end up here? Doesn't it seem odd that we are talking about a handful out of over a million Lugers?


You are talking about this Luger having a production requirement before it was a requirement -- which just isn't logical, and then only a randomly selected few. Your other examples were of orders carried out long after the orders were cancelled, which is very logical, as not everyone received them at the same time. This is just the opposite. Sorry Kyrie, but you have not swayed my opinion from someone changing this pin. Later -- bill m