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Unread 06-11-2011, 04:09 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Ron Wood View Post
Check out the Cyrillic alphabet. The "5" with its little ball terminus is also a bit like an Eastern European style. It could be totally bogus or it might be an Eastern European rework of some sort.
Well said, Ron. My money is on this being the third and final specimen in the elusive DWM series of Russian contract prototypes, bearing the echt Cyrillic code Й. It remains to complete the most common inscription in the Russian language by locating pistols marked with Х and У.
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