strange serial number

[alanint]

Originally Posted by CorporalGungee

what about the barrel number ? where this should be a 9mm and not a 7.65mm where it is a WW2 S/42

Mostly lore, Dwight. Have you found that recording of letter suffixes was meticulous throughout German agencies?

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by alanint

Mostly lore, Dwight. Have you found that recording of letter suffixes was meticulous throughout German agencies?

Not necessarily recording of the information, but by my observation armorers were scrupulous about maintaining the required markings, including during East German repair and remanufacture.

--Dwight