This is a subject I do not know much about, but the oddity is that the year is 1914. Any thought that more than a couple of "left-over" 1914's were used after the war or after 1914, brings up the following questions;
1. Why 1914? If the thought is like what I have heard about KU guns, you'd see other years, not just 1914.
After all, why would the factory have â??left-overâ? frames dated 1914, especially to the q block? If the factory had a few frames in 1915, then they would have used them, not waited 150,000 guns into the production cycle (1916 or 1917)? And if they used old parts, why wouldnâ??t they take the date off, put a new date, or add a 2nd date?
2. Did other years, 1916, 1917, or 1918 have q production? (so the q is more disguised if added later to other dated guns)
3. I thought the year was marked at the end of acceptance? If so, then if RC'd bad enough not to use, then why keep them around?
4. I have a police luger that had an 8 added before the serial number. It is possible that the q was added to a set of guns during or after the war. I doubt this theory, but it is possible.
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