</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Is it too much to ask that collectors have some knowledge of the way factories work? Or are we supposed to assume that the Luger was a heavenly gift, made by divine intervention rather than by the common production techniques of the day?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Jim, having a rough night?
I think that others have other theories, as you do, and although yours makes sense, the theory that the witness marks were placed for later turning of the barrel to the correct place, also makes sense?
Ed