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Doubs · 08-12-2002, 07:41 PM

[quote]Originally posted by unspellable:
<strong> I did see one oddity. I once saw a Luger in the white with no markings of any kind whatsoever. It was presumed to be a "lunchbox special". That sort of thing does go on at factories. Remeber Johny Cash's song about the Cadillac.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I have read that early occupation force GI's had Lugers assembled from factory parts or maybe even had skilled German workers put them together. I don't recall where I read it so it may be rumor.

"Lunch box" guns do exist and I'm aware of at least one such Union Switch & Signal (USS) 1911A1 in the hands of a retired USS executive who retrieved it from the police after an incident. No serial number or markings other than the slide markings, IIRC. The gentleman also has what may be the only existing records of USS war-time 1911A1 production, although they are far from complete. The records were dug from the trash after being tossed by the company.

08-12-2002, 07:41 PM	#24
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,673 Thanks: 773 Thanked 1,619 Times in 528 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by unspellable: <strong> I did see one oddity. I once saw a Luger in the white with no markings of any kind whatsoever. It was presumed to be a "lunchbox special". That sort of thing does go on at factories. Remeber Johny Cash's song about the Cadillac.</strong><hr></blockquote> I have read that early occupation force GI's had Lugers assembled from factory parts or maybe even had skilled German workers put them together. I don't recall where I read it so it may be rumor. "Lunch box" guns do exist and I'm aware of at least one such Union Switch & Signal (USS) 1911A1 in the hands of a retired USS executive who retrieved it from the police after an incident. No serial number or markings other than the slide markings, IIRC. The gentleman also has what may be the only existing records of USS war-time 1911A1 production, although they are far from complete. The records were dug from the trash after being tossed by the company.