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Unread 06-28-2009, 08:53 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by George Anderson View Post
The number inside the side plate on DWM's is the first part of the serial number.
And since it *is* the first two of my ser #, that would seem to indicate that it is "original" and not force match...

However, after reading several threads here, the witness marks on barrel/grip frame are quite obviously two different strikes, and the font of the "n" is different, both indicating a re-barrel...

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Old catalog lists "Reconditioned Lugers". It's interesting to read what Stoeger offered in 1939...
alvin - Did you buy one of those repro Stoeger 1939 catalogs??? I was thinking about that myself...
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