1921 Commerical Police !!

Dwight Gruber · 11-14-2003, 02:57 AM

Ed,

Excellent score!

The numbering scheme is interesting, and I think your speculation on the source of the gun has merit. Check carefully, under magnification, is the witness mark perfect, that is, single instrument/single strike? If so, it would indicate that the barrel is original to the receiver, thus the barrel number would be the gun's original (if the mark is not perfect all bets are off). If this is the case, it would appear that this gun was "commercialized" in quite a hurry.

The HZa mark is a Heeres Zeugamt armory repair stamp, the number designates which armory (GÃ?Â¶rtz, reported in AutoMag, can't dig out the specific reference right now).

The side plate looks like it was originally from an Erfurt.

Are there any marks on the grips?

Couldn't find anything in GÃ?Â¶rtz & Bryans on the unit mark, I'll be real interested to see what anyone else comes up with. Probably not nearly as interested as you.

--Dwight

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11-14-2003, 02:57 AM	#2
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Ed, Excellent score! The numbering scheme is interesting, and I think your speculation on the source of the gun has merit. Check carefully, under magnification, is the witness mark perfect, that is, single instrument/single strike? If so, it would indicate that the barrel is original to the receiver, thus the barrel number would be the gun's original (if the mark is not perfect all bets are off). If this is the case, it would appear that this gun was "commercialized" in quite a hurry. The HZa mark is a Heeres Zeugamt armory repair stamp, the number designates which armory (GÃ?Â¶rtz, reported in AutoMag, can't dig out the specific reference right now). The side plate looks like it was originally from an Erfurt. Are there any marks on the grips? Couldn't find anything in GÃ?Â¶rtz & Bryans on the unit mark, I'll be real interested to see what anyone else comes up with. Probably not nearly as interested as you. --Dwight