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08-12-2011, 01:02 PM | #1 |
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RIA 1902 Cartridge Counter w stamped holster
Got my color RIA Sept auction catalog in the mail today:
http://www.rockislandauction.com/vie...id/53/lid/3127 What do we think of this one? If it is legit, I think the stamp of the Ordnance Corps on the holster is extremely interesting. Think it will fetch 50k+ per the estimate? Clark
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it sure is a doll.
I would think its worth it. How many are known to exist,today? |
08-12-2011, 04:16 PM | #3 |
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08-12-2011, 06:20 PM | #4 |
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"the Cartridge Counter model is nearly identical to the 1900 Model Test Luger, with the addition of the Powell Device." That is a quote from RIA. If 50 of the test Lugers were removed from service to be tried out with the larger caliber 9mm, were the barrels changed or did a seperate order go out for 50 more chambered for the 9mm?
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Fifty of the 7.65 Lugers "in good condition" were returned in exchange for a like number of 9mm Cartridge Counters. The CC guns are in an entirely different serial number range than the 7.65mm guns, and had special machining to accommodate the cartridge counter magazine
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Am I being too cynical here or are there as many fakes as originals ?
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Who knows? I haven't examined all of them and don't know anybody that has. I have only encountered one that I know is a fake, one that I suspect is a fake, two other examples where there are two guns with the same serial number (ergo, one is a fake ), two that I know have been restored and some that I suspect have been restored or "touched up" but genuine none-the-less. So I gues that I would say that on the whole there probably aren't as many fakes as originals, but hang around, they may be gaining!
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Well they are wrong
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It is very well documented that an exchange took place. Based on orders from Ordnance on August 17, 1903 the CCs were created from the series that contained what we know here as the 9mm Fat Barrel and are in that series. DWM took 50 9mm guns out of production and installed the Powell Indicating Device and shipped them to the USA with arrival on April 20, 1904. It took a long time to get the Powell Devices fabricated and shipped to DWM. Between August 1903 and the arrival of the CCs in April 1904, the Ordnance Department continued penetration and other testing on both 7.65mm and some sample 9mm guns which had been delivered in the course of 1903. Bottom line there is little or no similarity between the 7.65 mm with a 120 mm barrel and the CC at 9mm(or as the Ordnance Board called it .39 inch) and a 98 mm barrel. Hope this helps. John |
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If Alvin sees that Mauser Model 1912/14 Experimental Pistol in 9mm with Matching Shoulder Stock he will go bonkers!!! I didn't get the catalog this time, just the 6-page flyer... They have a US Trials Holster, too...
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Oops...Forgot the CC...
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That stock appears to me to be instead a holster stock. As it appears to have a hinged top and the thickness to house the pistol. I wonder where that concept came from? It looks a whole lot like the not so refined wooden holster that I picked up earlier in the year.
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Were the holsters issued the sames as those issued with the 1000 test pieces?
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There was a show on tv a few months ago that showed this Cartridge Counter Luger
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