View Single Post
Unread 12-17-2004, 09:10 AM   #17
Don M
Patron
LugerForum
Patron
 
Don M's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 1,429
Thanks: 67
Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts
Post

I have an alternate theory that may explain the ground-off stock lugs on these Lugers.

The organization represented by H.P. was apparently very meticulous, almost paranoid, about marking its property. Every major piece of a Luger rig was stamped with a property mark: frame, receiver, both mags and holster. Perhaps removal of the stock lug was yet another means of identification.
__________________
Regards,
Don
donmaus1@aol.com

Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936
http://www.historywritinsteel.com
Don M is offline   Reply With Quote