Re: Horizontal Crown N's
Kyrie,
Great article on the commercial stamp. I do have one more thought that may help a little. During the Weimar era and later, many officers were required to purchase their own hangun. If the officer had been issued a Luger, he could buy this one, or if not issued one, he could buy a military Luger from the arsenal/depot at a reduced cost. I wonder if this was the case with this pistol. It was a Weimar rework, issued to an officer and he purchased the pistol. Now, why the commercial proof. This officer, or anyone, could submit a firearm to the Proof House for testing. If it passed the proof test, it was stamped with the commercial stamp as any other pistol would have been. This could be a good hypothysis for why the commercial stamp is present. This is all speculation, but seems the right answer as the military would not have presented the pistol to a commercial Proof House for any test. What are other thoughts on this??????
Marvin
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