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Originally Posted by HerrKaiser
Forgive me, I often see reblued or rebuffed guns that take away chamber and toggle marks. The partially removed police marking on front fit in with that profile too. Not like all of us have seen this type of pistol commonly or come across large amounts of literature on them.
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HerrKaiser,
It is not a question of "forgiveness", but one of accuracy.
If you don't know, don't give an answer that sounds like facts carved in stone. Just qualify the answer, as "I guess, or "I think", or "it looks like".
All of us make mistakes, but if left uncorrected they only serve to confuse others regarding the nuances of lugers. No one has seen everything for sure.
I've had to go back and retract or change more than one incorrect assessment; usually because I didn't get up and check "the book".
Just remember what Davy Crockett said: " be sure you're right, and then go ahead".
Now I'll relinquish the
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