Witness Mark and Barrel Questions

Dwight Gruber · 03-09-2003, 11:52 PM

Gerben,

Neither of the Dutch Lugers pictured have barrel dates.

The Vickers bore is very finely pitted throughout, and the lands are very nearly shot away--it should have been rebarrelled long since.

The KOL is not really a complete KOL. Although the frame is in the proper serial# ranrge, and the toggle train is a proper DWM Dutch assembly (Geladen on both sides of the extracter, the serial# modified in the proper fashion), the receiver is a garden-variety Crown/N Commercial, and the barrel is a (4") non-standard barrel. If anyone can identify the barrel marking...please, identify the marking!!

Does anyone have a Vickers which can be compared to the sample illustrated?

--Dwight

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03-09-2003, 11:52 PM	#33
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Gerben, Neither of the Dutch Lugers pictured have barrel dates. The Vickers bore is very finely pitted throughout, and the lands are very nearly shot away--it should have been rebarrelled long since. The KOL is not really a complete KOL. Although the frame is in the proper serial# ranrge, and the toggle train is a proper DWM Dutch assembly (Geladen on both sides of the extracter, the serial# modified in the proper fashion), the receiver is a garden-variety Crown/N Commercial, and the barrel is a (4") non-standard barrel. If anyone can identify the barrel marking...please, identify the marking!! Does anyone have a Vickers which can be compared to the sample illustrated? --Dwight