Eugen buys a police rework

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

"Inspected and passed" or possibly reworked, re-inspected, and passed??? Being held up could be why some proofs are missing??? Eugen states the RC/C is on the frame, could being held up be why it is mismatched? It's parts went on to another frame???

Just curious. 1970's Honda motorcycles and their engines were often mismatched from the factory, same reasons.

I can clearly see the RC on the receiver, maybe one on the rear toggle also, I didn't catch the one on the frame. It is not surprising that many Erfurt parts have the RC, they were "religious" in its use!

Anything could be, but RC usually means a cosmetic or non-critical defect that the RC signed off on.

The luger is mismatched because it was reworked by the police and maybe parts changed later also.

The receiver has the appearance of a replacement/unfinished receiver with the RC and followed by the two empty crowns and no final firing proof. IMO, it was not used until the police(PT marking) assembled it to a frame and installed a barrel.

But we will never know for sure.