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unspellable · 04-12-2002, 02:26 PM

For my money, once a P08 had military acceptance marks stamped on it it became a military weapon. If rebarreled, refinsihed, refurbished, or whatever it is still an ex-military. True M1920's were made of unused military P08 over run parts but never had acceptance marks on them. The key points being "unused" and no accepance marks.

As for my "English" Luger it's hard to imagine it ever had acceptance marks. Grinding them off would leave traces. Even if a really good job the side would be "out of flat". I don't think there was a German proof mark either but I'll look again. I have been looking at this through a 10X eye loupe. As for the "GERMANY" marking I've seen more than one M1920 or WWI ex-military that without it.

M1920's typically have the chamber date ground off but there have been exceptions. The chamber grinding job was quite well done in most cases but looks a litle rough on occasion.

I'm wondering if it's fair to say the M1920's came from DWM while the various and sundry ex-militaries came from the "cottage industry"?

One other question. Is the British proof house pressure marking the proof pressure or the working pressure? I have an English rifle on which the proof marks indicate the working load of 40 gr cordite and 300 gr bullet. There is no mention of actual pressure.

unspellable

04-12-2002, 02:26 PM	#17
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	Re: RE; British Markings, one question remains For my money, once a P08 had military acceptance marks stamped on it it became a military weapon. If rebarreled, refinsihed, refurbished, or whatever it is still an ex-military. True M1920's were made of unused military P08 over run parts but never had acceptance marks on them. The key points being "unused" and no accepance marks. As for my "English" Luger it's hard to imagine it ever had acceptance marks. Grinding them off would leave traces. Even if a really good job the side would be "out of flat". I don't think there was a German proof mark either but I'll look again. I have been looking at this through a 10X eye loupe. As for the "GERMANY" marking I've seen more than one M1920 or WWI ex-military that without it. M1920's typically have the chamber date ground off but there have been exceptions. The chamber grinding job was quite well done in most cases but looks a litle rough on occasion. I'm wondering if it's fair to say the M1920's came from DWM while the various and sundry ex-militaries came from the "cottage industry"? One other question. Is the British proof house pressure marking the proof pressure or the working pressure? I have an English rifle on which the proof marks indicate the working load of 40 gr cordite and 300 gr bullet. There is no mention of actual pressure. unspellable