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LugerVern · 05-04-2013, 02:43 PM

Mauser used mixed fonts, you can find ones ("1s") with and without horizontal feet. Added to this the darn side plates often look like the grain goes the wrong way. It gives you the impression of forced matching, but it's not!

This drive me crazy and even though as a collector you should spot this sort of thing, in this case it may mean nothing.

I suspect that Mauser and DWM used assembly stations differently and the result is the mixed fonts- just a guess on this but it would explain how this happens so often.

Vern

PS: Legacy is a good place to do business, it's our hobby that's complicated!

05-04-2013, 02:43 PM	#11
LugerVern User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 563 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 27 Posts	Mauser used mixed fonts, you can find ones ("1s") with and without horizontal feet. Added to this the darn side plates often look like the grain goes the wrong way. It gives you the impression of forced matching, but it's not! This drive me crazy and even though as a collector you should spot this sort of thing, in this case it may mean nothing. I suspect that Mauser and DWM used assembly stations differently and the result is the mixed fonts- just a guess on this but it would explain how this happens so often. Vern PS: Legacy is a good place to do business, it's our hobby that's complicated!