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Johnny Peppers · 03-18-2002, 07:47 PM

Just my opinion, but I believe that the Death Head has been engraved rather than stamped. I am not even sure that the date is original to the pistol. The Death Head appears to show the tell-tale chip marks of being hammer engraved, and the date appears to show the same. The 6 is oddly flat on the top. Also, with the receiver top being rounded, you would expect to see the stamping much deeper in the middle rather than being almost exact uniform depth.

03-18-2002, 07:47 PM	#4
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Lugers By R. Shattuck... Just my opinion, but I believe that the Death Head has been engraved rather than stamped. I am not even sure that the date is original to the pistol. The Death Head appears to show the tell-tale chip marks of being hammer engraved, and the date appears to show the same. The 6 is oddly flat on the top. Also, with the receiver top being rounded, you would expect to see the stamping much deeper in the middle rather than being almost exact uniform depth.