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Unread 06-08-2004, 09:46 PM   #12
Dwight Gruber
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by RockinWR:
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(1) I've noted a late 1918 Erfurt (t block) post which likely was in DWM final assembly when WWI ended. It had crowns; but, no Fraktur letter beneath the crowns. Struck me as odd the crowns would be there alone. Translating this to our 1908's, I've wondered if our 1st Issue barrels were originally destined to DWM Commercial production, were awaiting commercial house proofing(c/N), had a crown(only) stamped on the left receiver as an indication these were ready for proof, the Military contact was awarded, the barrels were diverted from stock and allocated to the 1st issues, and received military acceptance inspection and proofing over the lone early crown.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Bob,

Your 1st issue barrel/receiver reference seems ambiguous to me, are you referring to a crown on a barrel alone, or do you mean a barrel mounted in a receiver with a crown on the left receiver?

If the latter, the only logical concern which occurs to me is that military acceptance marks are vertical, and a crown "leftover" from a partially stamped c/N on an 08 Commercial would be horizontal, "lazy".

And the last time I proposed parts transfer between Erfurt and DWM I was pretty thoroughly scourged.

--Dwight
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