Thanks David! One of these days I should just get my bloody CPL and then I wouldn't have to wait but, well, I just never seem to get around to it. It does have the brass plate soldered on so I'm not sure why the metal thinned so much and I see no grinding marks. I wonder if it was just a result of poor storage by the Dutch?
It's very odd, I've never really heard of something like this on a Luger (though all things are possible, I suppose). The refinish and rebarrel were suspected, by the dealer (a long-time Luger dealer) to be Dutch arsenal rather than some later 'Bubba' rework at least.
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Michael
Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.')
'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers
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