Strange symbol on underside of barrel

marhaben · 02-21-2006, 05:14 PM

They look similar, but my "f" is differently shaped, and appears to be in a different spot than the picture shows. My P-08 is an S/42, and my picture does not appear to match up with the "f" listed for S/42 makes. It does, however, more closely resemble the '???????' picture on the same page, but again is in a different spot.

EDIT: On a sidenote, I have been looking around the information sections, which are wonderfully detailed, and determined for sure that it is a military production model from the Mauser factory, built in 1942. I can't seem to find information on the crossed swords that sppear on the left-hand side. I was told it is a Russian capture mark, yet the gun still has all of its Nazi markings and was supposedly captured by an American GI in Bavaria. So that is another little mystery that has cropped up.

02-21-2006, 05:14 PM	#4
marhaben User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oxford, OH Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	They look similar, but my "f" is differently shaped, and appears to be in a different spot than the picture shows. My P-08 is an S/42, and my picture does not appear to match up with the "f" listed for S/42 makes. It does, however, more closely resemble the '???????' picture on the same page, but again is in a different spot. EDIT: On a sidenote, I have been looking around the information sections, which are wonderfully detailed, and determined for sure that it is a military production model from the Mauser factory, built in 1942. I can't seem to find information on the crossed swords that sppear on the left-hand side. I was told it is a Russian capture mark, yet the gun still has all of its Nazi markings and was supposedly captured by an American GI in Bavaria. So that is another little mystery that has cropped up.