Barrel Serial Number...Suffix...?

Roadkill · 11-23-2002, 07:58 PM

I'll help out a little Ed, my ignorance outshines all. Reference the rearsenaling, Lugers were made to be shooters, collectors made collectors out of them later, they were standard issue down to squad level throughout WWII and the Wehrmacht probably was more pistol issue tolerant than any other army before or since. So they were very common. Since they were issued down to the lowest level they were shot in training by those most likely to use them in combat. The Wehrmacht was also the best trained army at the time. Infantry shoot guns, guns and parts wear out, parts are replaced. Guns used in training units are shot, disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled daily. Rebuilding, most likely by the factories that made them, would be the only answer.

rk

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11-23-2002, 07:58 PM	#8
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	I'll help out a little Ed, my ignorance outshines all. Reference the rearsenaling, Lugers were made to be shooters, collectors made collectors out of them later, they were standard issue down to squad level throughout WWII and the Wehrmacht probably was more pistol issue tolerant than any other army before or since. So they were very common. Since they were issued down to the lowest level they were shot in training by those most likely to use them in combat. The Wehrmacht was also the best trained army at the time. Infantry shoot guns, guns and parts wear out, parts are replaced. Guns used in training units are shot, disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled daily. Rebuilding, most likely by the factories that made them, would be the only answer. rk