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Vlim · 06-07-2011, 03:24 PM

The land-to-land marking on the barrel (8,83) shows that the barrel was made as a 9mm barrel, and that the land-to-land distance was 8.83 mm.

So the only explanation is that the barrel was sleeved to .30 luger somewhere between 1918 and the time you purchased it.

06-07-2011, 03:24 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	The land-to-land marking on the barrel (8,83) shows that the barrel was made as a 9mm barrel, and that the land-to-land distance was 8.83 mm. So the only explanation is that the barrel was sleeved to .30 luger somewhere between 1918 and the time you purchased it.