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Ron Wood · 12-31-2017, 11:55 PM

As far as we know there was only one .45 Luger produced with the 55-degree grip angle and it was the one actually used in the test and probably destroyed or discarded after the test. The two known surviving examples with the 60-degree grip angle, most likely were made to more closely resemble grip angle of the Colt and other .45 trial entrants and probably were created in anticipation of a follow-on test or purchase contract. They were not part of the test and probably weren't presented until well after the test...some folks have postulated as late as 1910, but I would think it would have been only a few months after the test perhaps as early as late 1097 - early 1908.
Ron

sheepherder · 01-01-2018, 12:19 AM

Thanks, Ron!

Knowing that it was you, I found the thread it was in - Some guy even measured the grip angle of the Riger .22 auto.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=21855

BTW: Clark's [username = Hugo Borchardt] original post announcing this website was -

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=34620

12-31-2017, 11:55 PM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	As far as we know there was only one .45 Luger produced with the 55-degree grip angle and it was the one actually used in the test and probably destroyed or discarded after the test. The two known surviving examples with the 60-degree grip angle, most likely were made to more closely resemble grip angle of the Colt and other .45 trial entrants and probably were created in anticipation of a follow-on test or purchase contract. They were not part of the test and probably weren't presented until well after the test...some folks have postulated as late as 1910, but I would think it would have been only a few months after the test perhaps as early as late 1097 - early 1908. Ron Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

01-01-2018, 12:19 AM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Thanks, Ron! Knowing that it was you, I found the thread it was in - Some guy even measured the grip angle of the Riger .22 auto. http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=21855 BTW: Clark's [username = Hugo Borchardt] original post announcing this website was - http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=34620 __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 01-01-2018 at 12:27 PM.

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