Jimbo,
I think Tom meant that the P38's with the extra number .... was added not to ruin a perfectly good frame !!! The machine op made a mistake and why destroy the frame in war time? Add the 1 or 0 and the gun goes into action, they were military accepted after all ... I've posted my pic of the CYQ 1h... begining of the series.. Russian export... how many of the 1x guns are not reported and in someones nightstand??
Let's review the photo's of the guns we have seen.. (numbers off set from the stamping die, 4 digit) Granted the P38's don't belong on this forum but logic would dictate WWII directives would pass on to P38's... Lugers with 5 digit numbers... I am still.... thinking about it.....
Hope you like the pic of my gun, Russian capture , so?....
Mark
http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/1h.JPG