I tend to agree with Susan on this... although I am not a lawyer and don't play one on TV...
A lot of the Eastern Block captured Lugers that have found there way into the USA in the last 20 years were import marked on the barrels. So if you you have a shot out barrel? or just one that is rusty or ugly, does that mean that you can't have the barrel replaced because the gun's import mark was put there? I don't think so...
I have a Garand that was imported by an outfit called "Blue Sky" and the mark is on the barrel where it is readable in the gap around the gas housing... It shoots pretty well, but if it didn't, I wouldn't hesitate to replace the barrel witha new one.
I personally think that the import mark is put there specifically for the import process to meet CUSTOMS requirements, and serves no purpose after that... after all, the importer is not the manufacturer...
Just my
