I am not going to go beyond saying that the HZA/LZA did rebuild small arms. They certainly would have had to have spare parts and it seems likely that those parts had already been inspected and approved, as parts, whether they were to go into production pistols or to be sent to the field for repair/rebuild.
I have not checked the chronology, but if a producer ceased production and had leftover parts (almost always the case - parts production outruns weapon production), those parts would surely not have been discarded. Some at least may well have gone to the depots or field units for use as spare parts.
If this helps or creates a new theory, fine, but I consider the Ku story to be still obscure.
Jim
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