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> Here is a place where that fact is contradicted :
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> http://users.skynet.be/HL-Editions/index.html
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> We are very proud to announce you our third E-book relating
> the Luger pistol.
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> No doubt it is a document that will greatly improve your
> knowledge on the subject.
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> Content of our E-book A brief look at the basic models of
> the Luger pistol - The Old (1900) and the New (1906)
> construction - The current calibers - The frame can be of
> long or short type - Old and New Model Features compared
> point by point - Finishing of the Luger pistols The Luger
> Model 1900 - Basic technical characteristics - One of the
> first requested changes - Thumb safety lever variations -
> Pictures showing the salient features of the 1900 Model -
> The grip safety broadening The Luger 1902 in 9 mm
> Parabellum - The 9 mm cartridge evolving from the 7.65 mm
> cartridge - The first 1902 prototypes - Shortening of the
> frame - The curvature of the trigger guard - The
> cartridges-counter model - Mauser 1902 commemorative models
> The Luger Carbine - Long barreled models appeared during
> 1900 - An unusual graduated rear sight - The 1900 models
> with a 175 mm barrel - The Luger Carbine of 1902 - The
> Luger Carbine of the post WW I period The transitional
> Models of 1903 - 1906 - Mechanism improvements of the 1903
> - 1906 period - Breechblock - Extractor - Toggle knobs -
> The transitional modifications of 1904 - 1905 - The Luger
> Model 1906 The Standard Luger from 1908 to 1916 - By 1908
> the German Army adopted the Luger pistol - German Army
> Luger characteristics - The hold-open latch discarded and
> later reintroduced - The production for the Army began in
> 1909 - By 1916, Georg Luger changed the sear design The
> Naval Luger - The Naval Luger of 1904 - Some transitional
> variations - The Naval Luger of 1906 - Naval Lugers with a
> modified safety - First issue - First issue modified -
> Second issue - The Naval Luger of 1908 - 1914 - The Naval
> Luger of 1914 - 1918 - The Naval Luger of Weimar Republic -
> Photo Gallery The Long Luger or Luger "Artillery" -
> Officially adopted by the German Army on June 3, 1913 - The
> Erfurt arsenal produced it during 1914, only - The Luger
> "Artillery" mechanical features - The rear s