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12-12-2007, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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During our Armys Test Of Goerge Luger's 45
did George suppy German DWM 45 rounds, or did he depend upon our domestic 45 rounds used by colt??I have an original box of the earlier dwn test ammo. Eric, Esq
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I think this is covered in the book by Reese. If memory serves me correct, Frankfort arsenal (US arsenal) was supposed to supply them with ammo so they could test in germany, and were late and then did not work right, so DWM made their own. I am 95% sure that ammo was supplied by the USA gov't for the trials.
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A functionally correct .45 cal ammo was provided by DWM, US 45acp did not function well in the test guns, and it stands to reason that the only ammo available when building the guns was DWM's so perhaps the test guns were built to their own ammo....
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12-13-2007, 08:18 AM | #5 |
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It makes sense that the ammo tested would be the same us ammo to be used in the field. Since I started researching the topic, I amazed how many types, loads, weight, proportions there were. I trying to find a picture of the early navy 9mm, Its seem anything labeled Navy is not only rare but super expensive!
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Ed You are truly the 'Luger rennasance' man, your God given hard drive given you, continues to astound me. What I respect it that you give your opinion, based on your education, both taught and absorbed. Whas there ever a luger inquiry that ever stumped you? Luv ya eric
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DWM (and Luger) found that the .45 ACP supplied by the Frankford Arsenal was loaded inconsistently and produced vastly different pressures making it difficult to fine-tune the Luger's lockwork. As a gobetween, DWM/Luger reverted to creating their own .45 ACP ammunition so that the pressure curve was somewhat more consistent during testing. The 1907 trail reports mention the fact that Luger brought his own ammunition and it noted that one of the reasons not to choose the Luger was because 'The powder needed for the Luger ammunition is not now obtainable in the USA'. |
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Thank you so much for posting my holster, There are wear marks and indentation marking that line up perfectively with the test luger,
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Thank You our dear friend in Belgium. You know more about a luger tested in our country than any of us!
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12-14-2007, 12:03 AM | #11 |
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1907 Test
The booklet is an original copy of the 1907 test trials report...a little worse for wear but complete and original. The Luger is a Krause replica of the .45 Luger so not original (but a good fake!)
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Do you know if such instructive booklets were printed for the 1000 test lugers?
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This is not an instructional manual. It is a report of the results of testing the Luger, Colt, Savage, etc. in 1907.
You had asked about manuals for the 1000 Test Lugers a few months ago, and my response at that time was that I doubted that there was a specific manual published for those Lugers. If there were any manuals provided at all they most likely would have been the standard DWM commercial booklets available during that period.
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Im wondering if there are any records of those lugers which were returned after the testing period, And were the holsters up for sale at bannermans or other seller with a Luger.
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2. Yes, you can still buy reproductions of the bannerman catalogs and it shows luger test holsters for sale, it was lsited up until the 1950's if memory serves me correct....
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Do you recall how much they were in The Good old Days
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I just received for xmas a gift of both the brown a blue sealed box of 1918 boxed luger ammunition, Ill ask trusty Steve to post it. Ive never seen the brown variation till now, which leads me to the next issue, why did ammunition with the same year come in two different boxes. The brown box is featured in 'Land of Borschardt, under ammunition, and I beleive Walters book, The Luger Story I think
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12-15-2007, 08:01 AM | #20 |
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Thank you Steve, Im leaving you in my will!
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