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Unread 03-27-2004, 07:54 PM   #1
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Recent pic of Borchardt/Luger #5

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Wes, How recent? Is this pic pre or post "recovery" of the B-L#5. Several people, including me, took photos when Mike had it at the Reno show last April.
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This pic is from the US Immigration & Customs Enforcement files.
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Good! That most assuredly is BL#5, but from what I can tell in that photo, it had not yet been reunited with the original grips that were left behind on the "substitute" Luger. Close, but not the same.
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Those Custom agents should have been wearing white gloves!
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Seems that nobody wears gloves. They should know better.



From left to right -- Assistant Secretary Michael Garcia, U.S. Ambassador Pamela P. Willeford; CEO of RUAG Lan Systems, Stephan Kocher; and Chief of Criminal Investigations, Bern State Police, Florian Wasler.
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I am ignorant of the story on this Luger. Can someone direct me to a source where I can read about this particular Luger and it's history?
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The Luger Story by John Walter is a good place to begin.

The story of the Swiss trials is told in MANY books.
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Nice pictures, thanks for posting them Wes,

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