Re: 42 luger
Without getting too wrapped up over the exact position of the gridings (without a photograph, anyway) is it possible that someone ground off the proof stamps? Possibly to eliminate anything which looked remotely like a Nazi symbol? The proofs on my S/42--right side of the receiver--were ground before it was reblued, a Russian-dip I think. They were ground just enough to be illegible, and was the only part of the gun so treated--the serial number on the left side was untouched.
--Dwight
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