Another .45 Luger Question...

Doubs · 08-14-2002, 10:12 PM

[quote]Originally posted by edgedealer:
<strong>Gentlemen, what part of identical doesnt anybody understand. You guys should thank Mike for settling your arguement, identical. thanks Mike.</strong><hr></blockquote>

If anyone can guarantee that the Test Luger in the Ordinance department picture is one of the surviving two examples, then you have a point. If the picture is of the actual Luger used by the Army for it's tests, then it was destroyed early in the last century and the question has not been answered. The data that Mike has so graciously made available to the Forum concerns only the surviving guns. The actual test pistol did not survive according to the best information available as reported by the most highly respected Luger experts known to us. While I personally believe that .45 Luger serial number 1 was identical to the surviving guns, I wouldn't bet my life on it.

08-14-2002, 10:12 PM	#28
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by edgedealer: <strong>Gentlemen, what part of identical doesnt anybody understand. You guys should thank Mike for settling your arguement, identical. thanks Mike.</strong><hr></blockquote> If anyone can guarantee that the Test Luger in the Ordinance department picture is one of the surviving two examples, then you have a point. If the picture is of the actual Luger used by the Army for it's tests, then it was destroyed early in the last century and the question has not been answered. The data that Mike has so graciously made available to the Forum concerns only the surviving guns. The actual test pistol did not survive according to the best information available as reported by the most highly respected Luger experts known to us. While I personally believe that .45 Luger serial number 1 was identical to the surviving guns, I wouldn't bet my life on it.