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Edward Tinker · 04-12-2021, 01:56 PM

Mark, your writing sounds more like Albert than I remember you sounding.
I saw this first on Jans forum and Albert wrote a lot - he has an attacking personality - which is very wearing and yes, I think prejudiced the postings of this find.
I am skeptical of new, wonderful finds. I was very excited to see the 45 luger carbine that Ralph Shattuck showed me, it seemed real to me and I was sorely disappointed to be told it was fake.
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Mark, I am not saying that these are fake, in fact I think its a cool find. I do remember reading about them a number of years ago, then the stock shows up.
I have no problem with it being a prototype or even a later addition. I just find the US marking odd - doesn't mean it isn't correct, just odd. I have letter dies that were my grandfathers, he 'picked them up' while in service (he was a supply officer), again, not saying it is faked, simply that a unit armorer or even a commission could have told them to mark it as it was taken into service.

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	Mark, your writing sounds more like Albert than I remember you sounding. I saw this first on Jans forum and Albert wrote a lot - he has an attacking personality - which is very wearing and yes, I think prejudiced the postings of this find. I am skeptical of new, wonderful finds. I was very excited to see the 45 luger carbine that Ralph Shattuck showed me, it seemed real to me and I was sorely disappointed to be told it was fake. --- Mark, I am not saying that these are fake, in fact I think its a cool find. I do remember reading about them a number of years ago, then the stock shows up. I have no problem with it being a prototype or even a later addition. I just find the US marking odd - doesn't mean it isn't correct, just odd. I have letter dies that were my grandfathers, he 'picked them up' while in service (he was a supply officer), again, not saying it is faked, simply that a unit armorer or even a commission could have told them to mark it as it was taken into service.