Luger Factory Shipments

Aaron · 05-02-2001, 04:08 PM

I just love stories about military pistols new in factory crates. As a kid in 1944 I had a friend whose brother was a musician and toured the ETO with a USO troupe. These USO people usually picked up war souvenirs from the GIs. I don't know what they traded for these, whether it was goods, money, or a roll in the hay with one of the girls in the troupe. Anyway, one GI had a crate of unissued Sauer 38H pistols, and I was bug eyed when I first saw the gun. I got no details on the crate, nor did I know enough to ask. Then again, right after Desert Storm a Marine showed me an FN Browning HiPower beautifully marked with an Iraqi crest he had taken out of a factory crate and divided up with his platoon. I now own that Browning, but never got the details on the crate, and it is too late to ask, as the Marine is no longer alive.

05-02-2001, 04:08 PM	#10
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Luger Factory Shipments I just love stories about military pistols new in factory crates. As a kid in 1944 I had a friend whose brother was a musician and toured the ETO with a USO troupe. These USO people usually picked up war souvenirs from the GIs. I don't know what they traded for these, whether it was goods, money, or a roll in the hay with one of the girls in the troupe. Anyway, one GI had a crate of unissued Sauer 38H pistols, and I was bug eyed when I first saw the gun. I got no details on the crate, nor did I know enough to ask. Then again, right after Desert Storm a Marine showed me an FN Browning HiPower beautifully marked with an Iraqi crest he had taken out of a factory crate and divided up with his platoon. I now own that Browning, but never got the details on the crate, and it is too late to ask, as the Marine is no longer alive.