Dwight I am confused. According to Martens and de Vries all lugers had to bear ayear in which the barrel entered service. Since the Vickers were delivered in 1921/1922 I would therefore assume a barrel dated 1923 with British proofs would be an original barrel. Did the Indies have a supply of British proofed barrels? Or is any barrel with British proofs original ? Many questions but interesting. If we knew everything about Lugers collecting them would not be nearly as interesting.
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Bill Lyon
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