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08-12-2009, 02:14 PM
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I don't know anything about the gun's background, (I will try to ask but this is third hand). I do, however, detect what appears to be an unsightly weld mark on the barrel nut, (left in photo) so my assumption is that this gun is somehow demilled to accepted French standards.
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08-12-2009, 06:16 PM
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From a Friend who commented on another site:
"From his own site there is a clue. MW in a circle may be Merz Werke. The production specialist that help Erma and Haenel increase production. What is the Waffennamt code? I can't read it on the pic. A44 is Merz Werke" I suppose this is plausible |
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08-12-2009, 07:39 PM
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Mystery Solved! Merz Werke it is!! Merz Werke was hired by Erma to improve the production process, (transition of MP38 to MP40). They were experts in stamped steel production processes. Their main business was making typewriters. See the photo of a 1932 Merz Typewriter. The symbol is the same. So this is a wartime stamping. I wonder where else it may turn up in wartime productions?
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