Thank you Jerry and Thank you John for your review and analysis. I appreciate it very much.
So this HK could have very well become a chamber dated 1945 pistol but time ran out as the American troops rolled into town.
Another question John if I may, In the final stages of proofing, were pistols final proofed, then serial numbered and chamber dated, then blued? And can I assume that this pistol was waiting to be final proofed in the white when our troops took the factory and a worker probably blued and numbered the pistol for a soldier?
I have Mr. Gibsons Krieghoff book and have read it over and over, but the answer to these questions are as clear as mud to me.
Thank you so very much for taking time to consider my questions.
Jesse