[bill m]

Hi Kyrie,

Do we know that the Germans marked Lugers with an X? How do we know this? I have looked at a lot of Mauser produced Lugers and I have never seen a single original issued Luger with an "X" on it. The only "X" that I am aware of on a Luger is the import ones. From what I have gotten out of this post, the suggestion is that the Germans had a large supply of rejected Lugers with an "X" on them, and the Soviets over-ran the storage before they were destroyed? I find this concept very hard to believe because if the Lugers were rejects they never would have passed the testing and would not have a accepted test proof. In my opinion, the "X" mark is strictly a post WWII mark and is strictly not a German Military or police mark of WWII. I am not aware of any information available to suggest that the "X" had anything to do with original WWII Lugers, and only started showing up when the Soviet imports Lugers started showing up, so please share any information that suggests otherwise. Thanks. --