Luger Frame Tooling Marks Study

[mrerick]

Norm, Thanks for the Krieghoff picture! Looks like they broached the inside frame edges and rear before milling the center channel.

Here's a 1936 Mauser P-08 in the "i" block:



This is consistent with the process at the end of production in 1942. These look like the center channel was milled followed by the rear and side broaching.

Marc