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Unread 01-25-2012, 08:51 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Vlim View Post
The marking was done, according to German sources (including Kornmayer), for a US dealer by a German gunsmith...
What German gunsmith could resist 'improving' the amateurish graphics??? I contend that the goofy graphics prove it was not done by a German gunsmith...

(And we all know what perfectionists the Teutons are...)
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