An interesting KU Luger

Roadkill · 07-20-2002, 09:02 PM

OK Hugh, just to show that I don't have any hard feelings for you calling me a redneck, I'll try to take care of the mystery of the KUs. The key, as Max2cam correctly brought up, is in the U. The U with the double dots is a pronunciation indicator. This would not have been used for a block sequence since it is a grammar term for pronunciation only. It would however be used on a production item to indicate overrun: "Uberzahl" (with umlaut). They had run out of numbers in the K block, another line had already had used the start of the next block series, they still had production capacity, so they continued production using prior numbers with the U stamp for uberzahl meaning overrun. That's why they are so rare. Nice and orderly, a simple way to handle a normal manufacturing process. The marks on the frame look like they were after the refinishing process. Wouldn't they be blued? And why would the factory designate a unit (Kustefliegestaffeln) and mark it? That would be difficut to designate a specific unit at that level. It would also be a different die at the unit level and on a different place on the gun, those on the gun were marked at the same time.
What about it?

RK

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07-20-2002, 09:02 PM	#9
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	OK Hugh, just to show that I don't have any hard feelings for you calling me a redneck, I'll try to take care of the mystery of the KUs. The key, as Max2cam correctly brought up, is in the U. The U with the double dots is a pronunciation indicator. This would not have been used for a block sequence since it is a grammar term for pronunciation only. It would however be used on a production item to indicate overrun: "Uberzahl" (with umlaut). They had run out of numbers in the K block, another line had already had used the start of the next block series, they still had production capacity, so they continued production using prior numbers with the U stamp for uberzahl meaning overrun. That's why they are so rare. Nice and orderly, a simple way to handle a normal manufacturing process. The marks on the frame look like they were after the refinishing process. Wouldn't they be blued? And why would the factory designate a unit (Kustefliegestaffeln) and mark it? That would be difficut to designate a specific unit at that level. It would also be a different die at the unit level and on a different place on the gun, those on the gun were marked at the same time. What about it? RK