Doug,
Joop from Belgium posted these GNR's over on Jan Still's Gun Board a few weeks back :
" List updated
Thanks to Doug Smith I received the SN's of some very interesting Portuguese Lugers.
SN's 2296v, 2298v, 2483v, 2484v, 2486v, 2487v and 2489v have the following configuration:
4" - 9mm barrels, Cc/U commercial proofed, segurado and carregado markings for safety and extractor, no chamber marking, Mauser Banner 5 lines on toggle.
These SN's fall into the Batch of (also) Portuguese GNR contract Lugers, which have a longer 7.65mm barrel and a GNR chamber marking.
It might be, that the Portuguese Navy ordered some sample/test Lugers, that were delivered with the GNR pistols in 1935.
The sampling must have been succesful, as the Portuguease Navy ordered later three batches of these pistols hjaving the same configuration.
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Joop
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