odd barrel marking ?
 

I have just seen a 1902 carbine with "(JVM)" stamped on the underside of the barrel. No other proofs, marks, or numbers are visiable on the barrel. The barrel and extension are in much better shape than the remainder of the gun, suggesting a rework but the stamp is clean and untouched. Any ideas on what these marks mean.


Also, in my experience, carbine parts are stamped with the last three digits of the serial number, but this gun has only the last two digits. ???


Any ideas would be very welcome... FGR

Re: odd barrel marking ?
 

It appears that you have a custom luger reworked by J. V. Martz. Some of the other members can put you in contact with him. He does very nice work.

Re: thanks david
 

THat was my guess, but I was unaware that John's middle initial began with V. FGR