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Originally Posted by John Sabato
I think it is more likely that this was a damaged upper receiver that was salvaged by a resourceful gunsmith tinkerer  (no pun related to Ed)... by machining off the face of the upper and using a homemade barrel... This is not a factory modification in my opinion. |
Wow! Thanks for all the replies!!!
... again Great Site!!!
There is the same #24 on this barrell and I know for a fact nothing has been modified on this gun since my great uncle got it during WW2. If it was done prior to that then why stamp it with the 24?
Also why no date stamp? Plus I don't know if the pictures show but the color dosen't differ between the barrel and the rest of the gun if it was aftermarket like you think wouldn't they have to redo the whole gun because as far as I can tell it all matches. Also kicking around your site I have noticed that the early Erfurt was notorious for bad (circle) machining around the safty but this is super smooth.
I'm sure you all know way more then I do on the subject but before I start using this for target pratice I would like to be sure...do any of the guys on this forum know somewhere I can take it near Nashville, TN to find out?
Thanks,
Mike