[Ron Wood]

Jerry and Hugh
Your sharp eyes have uncovered yet another enigma! Kenyon's "Lugers at Random" photo dates from around 1969 when the first printing occurred. Reeses book dates from 1976, and Kenyon's "Luger: The Multi-National Pistol" was published in 1991. In this 1991 publication, there are two seven-shot Lugers, George Luger's on pages 58-59 and a Bulgarian crested example on pages 60-61. The picture of the Luger in "Lugers at Random" and the Bulgarian have the chamfered takedown lever. Reeses photo of George Luger's gun an the one in "The Multi-National Pistol" have the flat takedown lever. Hugh's photo agrees with the latter examples. The earliest photo was taken prior to 1969 while the gun was still in the Sid Aberman collection. The latest photo and Hugh's photo are taken from Ralph's collection. Who knows what hands the gun passed through or what transpired between those two times? Interestingly enough, there are at least 4 seven-shot examples in existence, and two of those are in the 55000 serial number range, dating them to around 1912 production!