Doubs,
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> IMO, there's much about Russian capture and E. German pistols that we don't know just yet. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">* Glad you said that again.
* Unless it is the picture's shadow's, this frame does not look like it has a hump. Don't know of a Mauser "b" block, 1937, S/42 which would not have a "humped" frame. In fact, except for a couple of "repair hole stragglers", the 1937's essentially ceased at the end of the "a" block. Maybe a G date frame was used.
* Wonder if the frame's "X" is indicative of the frame being numerically renumbered to the receiver's digits?? The alpha "b" being leftover undisturbed from a "G" date frame? Would give an indication of which master number was original as the norm is the Frame as the Master. No barrel "X's" as they were always replaced.
* Just some thoughts.
Respectfully,
Bob