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Originally Posted by alvin
MFC's comments made lots of sense to me in that thread -- the GERMANY marked magazine was probably a replacement magazine or a backup one. I feel (feel, 6th sense) replacement was more likely. In that way, GERMANY on seperately sold magazine (not 'freely' coming with the gun's price) makes huge amount of sense...
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It makes sense to me, too...as well as MFC's post above...
But the reason I opened a separate thread was because I wondered why my two commercial Lugers had the stamp in different places...(I hadn't thought about it until reading the mag thread)...
Some pistols I've seen pics of even have the names of the receiving distributor here in the US stamped lengthwise on the barrel, or etched on the grip frame...
I have a Mauser M1896 that has no "export" marking, but does have the "importer" etched into the grip frame recess...as well as caliber and country of origin...
I would say that if the pistol is known to be an exported product, then the manufacturer will stamp it; if it is war surplus or anything that was never intended for export, then the importer will stamp/mark it...At least that is my belief, at this time...