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bill m · 05-12-2001, 03:46 PM

Hi,

Still thinking about this. The SS inspection just doesn't seem plausible to me. To have SS inspecting Luger barrels at the factory, and only barrels just doesn't seem logical. To even have them over-seeing the work at the Mauser factory doesn't seem logical. And if the SS did, why wouldn't they use the SS runes, as in 1940 they were the "big shots", and there was no need to hide who they were, was there? The more I think about this the more I doubt the asterick has anything to do with the SS. I still think it is some kind of "special" production or test mark, that has nothing to do with "who inspected it", but rather, was the quality up to standards, and was randomly tested on so many Lugers in each production run. I think it could be the same on the P.38, a random test to check for quality on these mass produced assembly lines. Who knows? Interesting, and thought provoking.

05-12-2001, 03:46 PM	#18
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Bill & Kyrie's Response Hi, Still thinking about this. The SS inspection just doesn't seem plausible to me. To have SS inspecting Luger barrels at the factory, and only barrels just doesn't seem logical. To even have them over-seeing the work at the Mauser factory doesn't seem logical. And if the SS did, why wouldn't they use the SS runes, as in 1940 they were the "big shots", and there was no need to hide who they were, was there? The more I think about this the more I doubt the asterick has anything to do with the SS. I still think it is some kind of "special" production or test mark, that has nothing to do with "who inspected it", but rather, was the quality up to standards, and was randomly tested on so many Lugers in each production run. I think it could be the same on the P.38, a random test to check for quality on these mass produced assembly lines. Who knows? Interesting, and thought provoking.