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Originally posted by John Sabato
BTW, the notch on the front of the receiver is not a guarantee that the gun once served as an Artillery Luger... the notch was required in order to accomodate the Artillery rear sight, but I am sure that it became a standard production requirement, regardless of the intended use of the receiver, so that either a P.08 or an LP.08 could be assembled without having to address carrying two different kinds of upper receiver assemblies in stock
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Actually, the receiver cut became a standard production requirement
for Erfurt in 1916--ironic, because Erfurt produced LP-08s only in 1914.
This requirement was not applied to DWM, so any Imperial military DWM with the notch was assuredly an Artillery.
--Dwight