Johnny,
the .45 cal Luger has been discussed many times on this forum and its autheticity has been questioned to no resolve. I would like at this moment to add my two cents. I have an article out of the March 1998 issue of 'Guns and Ammo'. It is titled "Return of the .45 Luger" by Garry James, page 52 thru 55. In this article, the author interviews Mr. Mike Krause of Krausewerke in San Mateo, California. Mr Krause was apparently in the initial stages of reproducing the original .45 cal Luger. The following is from the article.
"The first gun is unmarked, as Mike is determining if a "DWM" toggle cipher can be added without trademark problems. The gun will have some kind of toggle stamping - if not DWM, then something that closely approximates it. Each Krausewerke gun will have the Georg Luger "GL" mark behind the rear sight, though".
I am not saying that the Shattuck gun is an expensive fake. But if I had a spare million bucks, I would sooner buy a John Martz Luger and spend the rest being Norm Millionaire on TV.
Big Norm <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />