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BILL · 03-10-2002, 04:35 PM

I recently saw several Lugers that had their Bulgarian 'cyrillic' lettering ground off and buffed out. Apparently this was a requirement in the early fifties to get them into this country. All serials were left intact and the bluing was of the salt variety. The extractor still had the foreign stampings. I also have seen barrels with have been 'turned' to remove any marks whatsoever (serials, proofs, importers marks, etc). Since the barrel is not considered a firearm, once it is removed from the frame, it can be unmarked (as far as I know there is no law that states a barrel must have the same serial or proofs as the frame).

03-10-2002, 04:35 PM	#3
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 42 luger I recently saw several Lugers that had their Bulgarian 'cyrillic' lettering ground off and buffed out. Apparently this was a requirement in the early fifties to get them into this country. All serials were left intact and the bluing was of the salt variety. The extractor still had the foreign stampings. I also have seen barrels with have been 'turned' to remove any marks whatsoever (serials, proofs, importers marks, etc). Since the barrel is not considered a firearm, once it is removed from the frame, it can be unmarked (as far as I know there is no law that states a barrel must have the same serial or proofs as the frame).