dbbuster,
nope, there aren't ANY markings on the barrel. George Anderson probably is finding the same thing. The front sight on an artillery Luger normally has a two digit serial number on it, but mine doesn't. The rear sight normally has two digits on it in a number of places, but mine only has it on one place and that two digit number does not correspond to my gun. So someone did a sloppy job in rebarreling these guns. But that is something that MIGHT be considered normal on these weapons. More input to my post MIGHT confirm that.
I am not telling the world (forum) about the deficiencies on my gun to down grade the gun. I am doing this to inform people about what they should expect as normal for this particular weapon. All the books that I have read indicate that one should not expect an all matching, 'mint' gun when they buy a Siamese Luger. The same would probably be true for a Dutch West Indies Luger. But Dutch West Indies Lugers are not my thing.
I would assume that the same condition would exist on a shorter barreled P-08. I showed my gun to Ken Karsted and he informed me that someone gave him a P-08 Siamese Luger for restoration. Ken is an excellent restorer of Lugers. Oh Man! That person just destroyed the collectablity of that particular Luger just to have something pretty.
Actually, I have heard simular experiences on the Persian artillery Luger. When the Persian artillery was packaged for export, the magazines and stocks were just thrown separately in a box and shipped out. No care was given to match up the stocks and the magazines to the guns. They were just guns to be exported. They were not considered to be anything collectible or valuable. So it would be luck to find a Persian artillery with a matching stock and/or magazine. Possible, but still luck.
Big Norm
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