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Originally Posted by Ron Wood
Ah, I understand your speculation. However, DWM would not be allowed to use an inspector's stamp for a firing proof. Firing proof was governed by law, not DWM, consequently the type of marking was stipulated by law.
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I understand your point and, under normal circumstances, would fully agree. But the circumstances in Germany in the 1920 were not ordinary. Laws were obeyed, or circumvented, or just ignored as a matter of course due to overriding financial, political, and personal reasons.
Let’s consider some of the acts that show context:
Mauser continues to make and sell C96 pistols chambered for the 9mmP cartridge, and hides the production and sale by falsification of the records.
The German army hides as much of its inventory of heavy weapons as possible in Swedish artillery parks with the assistance of Krupp and the connivance of the Swedish government.
The German army moves its research and testing of the next generation of armored fighting vehicle to the Soviet Union to avoid interference by Versailles treaty inspectors.
What passes for the German government unofficially uses the Freikorps companies to suppress internal rebellions (e.g. Berlin - Spartacus revolt, Breman, Munich) and impose German policy externally (Latvia, Estonia), and to conduct political assignations of political opponents in Germany (notably that of Walther Rathenau).
In this mix a violation of proof law is small potatoes, and I’m inclined to the opinion that Berlin and the proof house would tend to ignore any violation of which they became aware; especially if such a violation advanced Berlin’s goals.