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Unread 02-01-2005, 11:32 AM   #4
Dwight Gruber
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The figure on the barrel is a crown-over-X, an inspector's mark. If an Erfurt barrel/receiver, c/X is unusual in combination with the marks found on the right receiver. One would expect to see the same eagle on the barrel as found on the receiver.

You do not note if there is a notch at the front edge of the receiver top.

It appears that there are no indpector stamps on the frame, and the profile of the frame rail is not Erfurt-like. There is no reliable to tell whether the frame is of DWM or Mauser manufacture.

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