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alvin · 10-18-2009, 08:47 AM

Great and you're welcome!

The description of 9m/m sounds correct to me. The mark on right side of chamber is supposed to be C/J, so called Imperial Acceptance Stamp.

The marks under the barrel are still myth. The stamps on yours are typical, but I don't know the exact meaning of them.

C/RC is not typical, but it appears on some Lugers and is well addressed there. I assume this C/RC has the same meaning.

M over Star. Actually, they are two marks. M is M and Star is Star. M is probably Mauser's barrel acceptance stamp. M is on many prewar and postwar Mausers, not 9m/m specific. Star is unclear. But it's supposed to be there. I once acquired a fancy 9m/m rig in sn 8xxxx, which looks great except a few issues. Missing M and Star is one of those issues. I believed it's a Weimar rework and seller was kind enough to allow me to return it.

6, S, Y, etc. and C/K are typical, but not documented anywhere. The barrel complex needs a few steps to make, shouldn't key features be inspected individually, because more than one guy was involved in the process of making the barrel, such as front sight height, rear sight ramp calibration, rifling, headspace, etc. Most likely being inspection stamps on key parameters. It would make much more sense to inspect each step along the way of making, instead of waiting the last step and found the first step having serious issues and later steps were wasted, so there are many inspector stamps. If all key params were OK, then C/K applied under the barrel. But that's guesstimation. Expert please tell me if I am out of track here.

German military gun is interesting.

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10-18-2009, 08:47 AM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Great and you're welcome! The description of 9m/m sounds correct to me. The mark on right side of chamber is supposed to be C/J, so called Imperial Acceptance Stamp. The marks under the barrel are still myth. The stamps on yours are typical, but I don't know the exact meaning of them. C/RC is not typical, but it appears on some Lugers and is well addressed there. I assume this C/RC has the same meaning. M over Star. Actually, they are two marks. M is M and Star is Star. M is probably Mauser's barrel acceptance stamp. M is on many prewar and postwar Mausers, not 9m/m specific. Star is unclear. But it's supposed to be there. I once acquired a fancy 9m/m rig in sn 8xxxx, which looks great except a few issues. Missing M and Star is one of those issues. I believed it's a Weimar rework and seller was kind enough to allow me to return it. 6, S, Y, etc. and C/K are typical, but not documented anywhere. The barrel complex needs a few steps to make, shouldn't key features be inspected individually, because more than one guy was involved in the process of making the barrel, such as front sight height, rear sight ramp calibration, rifling, headspace, etc. Most likely being inspection stamps on key parameters. It would make much more sense to inspect each step along the way of making, instead of waiting the last step and found the first step having serious issues and later steps were wasted, so there are many inspector stamps. If all key params were OK, then C/K applied under the barrel. But that's guesstimation. Expert please tell me if I am out of track here. German military gun is interesting.