MG, I'm familiar with the warehouse full of numbered parts but it's not in Asia but rather in east central Texas, not far from Waco.
I responded to an ad some years ago in Gun List. Finally able to get this guy on the phone, I asked about artllery stocks and tools. He said he had plenty of them all from German stores in Potsdam. Some were marked and others not. He asked what numbers I was looking for and I told him "1939" as I had an artillery with that number.
After excusing himself from the phone for several minutes he came back on the line and said he did, indeed have a stock and tool so numbered. I grilled him some more and he insisted that all this stuff was original German munufacture and came from an old supply depot in Potsdam.
I sent the money and got the goods; an East German serrated tool and an IMA or Sarco stock. Both were numbered with the same dies. These two pieces now sit in a prominent place in my gun room to serve as reminders that a fool and his money are soon parted.
Since that time I have spotted this reptile and his extended family plying their trade at the Tulsa show. I have maintained anonymity and asked about their lugers. They were attempting to foist pieces of every sort and description that were all absolute s---.
Along with the bogus pieces I have kept the receipt and cancelled check.
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