Old 30 cal.

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by glock30

This gun can be devoid of the Nitro proof, and or any and be completely legitimate. Just research it on the computer or any Luger book, John Walter, Datig etc. Or e-mail some of the Luger collectors that do not participate in this forum. I have a guys name I can send you. Call him directly. I seen many 1920 commercials without nitro proofs.

send me his name, likely I will know him unless he is off-line / no internet

And as Ron stated, it was a law that it be nitro proofed, there are a few that aren't, but that is a very few out of tens of thousands produced, just for the german market and the USA market. It is export marked as stated and that is a sign that it would be proofed.

Ed

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

It is export marked as stated and that is a sign that it would be proofed.

Ed

Actually, I would be more inclined to think that is a sign it would not be marked as proofed. Many of the Lugers bearing a GERMANY export stamp do not bear any proof marks. Since they were not being sold in Germany and there was no commercial requirements for proofing imported guns in the US at that time, it was kind of up to the whim of the manufacturer whether the guns bore proof marks or not (I suspect the guns were "proofed" as a quality control measure but not necessarily formally marked as such). Just my WAG.