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Kyrie · 01-19-2002, 04:42 PM

Hi Orv,

This one is a fascinating subject. We know the Germans sometimes marked firearms (and Lugers in particular) with an â??Xâ?, and reasonably believe the Soviets may have done so to - but only on some captured arms. We have no solid information on why the â??Xâ? was used by anyone, but do have near endless fun and entertaining speculation. My favorite poser is, â??If the Soviets did make the â??Xâ?, why on some firearms and not on others?â? And I mean that as an honest question rather than as an argument that some of the â??Xâ? marks arenâ??t Soviet.

Maybe someday someone will come across an old Soviet document that can shed some light on this one - I certainly hope so!

Best regards,

Kyrie

01-19-2002, 04:42 PM	#23
Kyrie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 757 Thanks: 0 Thanked 212 Times in 101 Posts	Re: X mark Hi Orv, This one is a fascinating subject. We know the Germans sometimes marked firearms (and Lugers in particular) with an â??Xâ?, and reasonably believe the Soviets may have done so to - but only on some captured arms. We have no solid information on why the â??Xâ? was used by anyone, but do have near endless fun and entertaining speculation. My favorite poser is, â??If the Soviets did make the â??Xâ?, why on some firearms and not on others?â? And I mean that as an honest question rather than as an argument that some of the â??Xâ? marks arenâ??t Soviet. Maybe someday someone will come across an old Soviet document that can shed some light on this one - I certainly hope so! Best regards, Kyrie