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Unread 04-08-2018, 09:50 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by DonVoigt View Post
The markings are likely related to East German work, re-work, barrel- one sees similar marks on pistols imported from EG, stamped into the right "ear" at the rear of the frame.
Could well be a GDR re-barrel. OTOH the poor bore condition suggests (at least to me) that the gun was at some point used by a client country/group less concerned with routine maintenance than the Germans usually were. Also the East Germans were pretty anal retentive in terms of numbering and proofing new barrels, so the absence of number/proof would be a persuasive argument against GDR work.
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