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Unread 03-27-2018, 03:38 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by kurusu View Post
"That" is what makes this pistol a "shooter".

Those are the initials of the previous owner and his logo (he is a gunsmith).
It looks very well done.

In my humble world, a well done mark such as that would not make it automatically a shooter; just as regimental unit stampings (quite often crudely done) do not automatically make a Luger 'more valuable'.
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