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Unread 05-28-2003, 09:48 PM   #11
Dwight Gruber
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There was never a directive specifically to carve 9 into the grips of LP-08. There was, apparently, a War Ministry directive to mark "all long Mauser pistols [C-96 Broomhandle] cal. 9mm" with the red 9 (G�¶rtz & Bryans, "German Small Arms Markings" p.130). Conventional speculation has it that the red-9 Luger grips area a result of misinterpreting the directive.

I haven't seen a copy of the actual Mauser directive, and don't know its date.

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