I am guessing he believes it to be a [1908] Bulgarian because: a)It is a 1908 pattern frame; b) there is no lanyard staple or depression at the rear of the frame and I bet if you remove the grips you will see a hole at the bottom rear of the grip frame for the lanyard loop; c)The lower safety marking on a Bulgarian is marked "fire" so when you can see the marking the gun is ready to fire. The marking has been milled off but when you can see the milled area and the red dot the gun is ready to fire, just like a Bulgarian; d)the extractor is Bulgarian.
The gun has been scrubbed because there should be the DWM logo over the chamber, the forward toggle link should have a simplified Bulgarian crest, and the right side of the receiver should have the rampant lion Bulgarian proof. All of these markings have been removed.
The magazine is not correct for the gun (it should be an unmarked wood bottom commercial style) and is probably an aftermaket replacement. Unfortunately the gun has been relegated to a nice shooter status. The most valuable part is the extractor which probably could easily fetch over $100 (by the way, where is the extractor numbered which matches the gun?). At any rate, it is well worth the $300 and a bit more!
(Hey Ed, why did you delete your post? Makes folks wonder why I stated my post the way I did
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