Hi Dwight,
I have been trying to see early military Swiss M1900 lugers in person to see when Major Voglesang acutally started stamping his V/+ on the left side of the receiver. Most authors agree it occured around serial # 500 or so...just looking to pin-point a tighter cut-over.
The more interesting question is why Voglesang did not starting with production luger # 1...as he was involved in the stamping of the M1882 revolvers in the early 1900's...
Here is a photo of serial # 555...from the Simpson web site...I will post more photos next week as time and my travels allow.
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />