A U marked Luger

ithacaartist · 10-13-2019, 01:40 PM

Maybe I'm picking a nit... My take is that there is a difference between "marked with an X" and a pistol that's had its original serial numbers or proofs crudely obliterated by Xs. Unit markings on early pistols were canceled in the same way, and IIRC, Russian-captured Lugers that made their way into East German police service could sometimes have had original markings/numbers negated in other ways, and sometimes not at all? An X provides a clue, certainly, but its location and deduced purpose are as important clues as the grips, accompanying magazine, finish, commercial side plate, and replaced barrel.

10-13-2019, 01:40 PM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Maybe I'm picking a nit... My take is that there is a difference between "marked with an X" and a pistol that's had its original serial numbers or proofs crudely obliterated by Xs. Unit markings on early pistols were canceled in the same way, and IIRC, Russian-captured Lugers that made their way into East German police service could sometimes have had original markings/numbers negated in other ways, and sometimes not at all? An X provides a clue, certainly, but its location and deduced purpose are as important clues as the grips, accompanying magazine, finish, commercial side plate, and replaced barrel. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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