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Unread 08-03-2012, 10:22 PM   #2
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In Central Powers it is discussed at length, and on Jan's forum, there was a huge discussion before the book came out.

Not sure where you felt that the 45 was rebarreled and chambered to 45 / this can easily happen from 7.65mm to 9mm but the 45 requires a bigger gun.

The pictured 45 has a different grip angle than the two surviving 45's.

You can see the Norton at the Shreveport, LA museum. The Aberman I can't remember who has it now, a private collector, but not sure where it went after it was sold and then not sold.

I personally have always believed that if they were making up guns to be used at trial, that 3-5 would have been made; seems logical that 3 would be here in the USA and 1 or 2 left in Germany.

There is much speculation that others exist, but these are generally just wild rumours or modified 9mms.

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