Opinions Wanted

[bill m]

Hi,

Some think the "*" mark is a reject mark and some think it is a hardness mark. I think both opinions are correct, depending on what you are looking at. I feel they do not mean the same thing on a P.38 and a Luger. A few years ago I had a 1940/42 with the "*" on the barrel and I asked about everyone I could think of what this was. As I recall, just about everyone told me they thought they were a hardness test on Lugers, done on batches of from 10-100, at random, to check the hardness of the barrel for consistancy and quality. So my theory is a hardness test on Lugers and a reject mark on P.38's.