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Unread 10-17-2020, 01:05 PM   #18
Dwight Gruber
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Originally Posted by Yakman View Post
...please explain how you interpret my quote "There are OTHER 1908 COMMERCIALS that are NOT the EXACT clone of the P.08; barrel length, caliber, American Eagle, etc…"...
"There are P08 commercials ("clone" is a nullity) whose barrel length or caliber have been altered, or which have been fraudulently altered to represent an American Eagle pistol."

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From your Post #16 you make it clear that your opposition to a date as a designation of model or variation is based on a personal bias and not convention, convention is where all this comes from. There is no arbiter in matters of convention when it comes to designating Luger models or variations. It is conforming to convention that makes possible the conveying of ideas. Bucking convention only leads to confusion...
Following Jan Still's example of revising the understanding of commercial Luger production culminating in the Alphabet Commercial collector designation, I intend to change the convention.

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