What are these proof marks?

policeluger · 07-06-2003, 09:00 PM

Some good points here, but I would drop back and look at the opening line. If the toggle train was mismatched, could the pistol, over 80 some years old, have been rework and forced matched (those parts no matching), who all has had their hands on this gun, where has it been. Why is a gun correct, but had a complete mismatched train, I mean, that is a lot of major replacement without correct Armour proofs, I'll bet no one knows for sure. And with respect to sschultz, could he be mistaken in his inspection of the gun, that no other parts are mismatched, and can he state with all certainty that other then the train, it is a 100% correct piece....Costanzo work is a great piece, are there now a few bit of information that we now know too be incorrect, of course. Will this happen too all the highly re guarded works of today...I'll bet. For my money, I will still fall back on Walther's book as the best.

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07-06-2003, 09:00 PM	#7
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Some good points here, but I would drop back and look at the opening line. If the toggle train was mismatched, could the pistol, over 80 some years old, have been rework and forced matched (those parts no matching), who all has had their hands on this gun, where has it been. Why is a gun correct, but had a complete mismatched train, I mean, that is a lot of major replacement without correct Armour proofs, I'll bet no one knows for sure. And with respect to sschultz, could he be mistaken in his inspection of the gun, that no other parts are mismatched, and can he state with all certainty that other then the train, it is a 100% correct piece....Costanzo work is a great piece, are there now a few bit of information that we now know too be incorrect, of course. Will this happen too all the highly re guarded works of today...I'll bet. For my money, I will still fall back on Walther's book as the best.