KM Marked Radom

MarkC · 02-04-2006, 02:19 PM

I thought some of you guys might like this one. It is listed by serial number on page 183 of Axis Pistols and was owned by Tom Knox at one time.

Mark

lugerholsterrepair · 02-05-2006, 12:21 AM

Mark, Pretty sweet! Did you manage to buy it? A real score for the Navy collector! Must be a story here...Jerry Burney

MarkC · 02-05-2006, 10:54 AM

Jerry,

The gun is mine..... It just goes to show that if you ask someone enough they eventually will sell the item to you, when they decide to sell.

Mark

lugerholsterrepair · 02-05-2006, 12:01 PM

Mark, How right you are! What a stunning pistol, should I start asking right now? Congratulations! Jerry

andrew.r · 03-02-2006, 02:37 AM

Congratulations Mark on your beautiful KM. Does it have a blued barrel and/or blued guide rod? Mine is only a few number off from the 6875 N listed in Still's book and with a brown W623 marked holster and is in my opinion 95%+. I thought that a brown holster was incorrect but read somewhere that brown holsters were worn by KM officers. I have seen a number of questionable KM Radoms and it is reported that fakes exist.

John Sabato · 03-02-2006, 10:38 AM

Andrew, welcome to the Lugerforum... noticed that this is your first post... Hope you enjoy your visits here...

MarkC · 03-02-2006, 11:28 AM

Andrew,

The gun does not have a blued barrel. I have discussed this with some very advanced collectors and they are of the opinion that the KM marked guns in the A prefix range may not have blued barrels as 100% correct. I saw a second "A" prefix KM marked gun at NGD without the blued barrel and that gun was also 100% correct.

A closeup look at the KM marking shows that this marking is genuine. Here is a comparison of a fake KM marking on a Radom and two real KM markings, one on a Mauser 1934 and one from the KM marked Radom pictured above.

Mark

02-04-2006, 02:19 PM	#1
MarkC User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 478 Thanks: 1 Thanked 109 Times in 26 Posts	KM Marked Radom I thought some of you guys might like this one. It is listed by serial number on page 183 of Axis Pistols and was owned by Tom Knox at one time. Mark

02-05-2006, 12:21 AM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,933 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Mark, Pretty sweet! Did you manage to buy it? A real score for the Navy collector! Must be a story here...Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

02-05-2006, 12:01 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,933 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Mark, How right you are! What a stunning pistol, should I start asking right now? Congratulations! Jerry __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

03-02-2006, 10:38 AM	#6
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Andrew, welcome to the Lugerforum... noticed that this is your first post... Hope you enjoy your visits here... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

02-05-2006, 10:54 AM	#3
MarkC User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 478 Thanks: 1 Thanked 109 Times in 26 Posts	Jerry, The gun is mine..... It just goes to show that if you ask someone enough they eventually will sell the item to you, when they decide to sell. Mark

03-02-2006, 02:37 AM	#5
andrew.r New User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nothern Canuckistan (Kanada) Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Congratulations Mark on your beautiful KM. Does it have a blued barrel and/or blued guide rod? Mine is only a few number off from the 6875 N listed in Still's book and with a brown W623 marked holster and is in my opinion 95%+. I thought that a brown holster was incorrect but read somewhere that brown holsters were worn by KM officers. I have seen a number of questionable KM Radoms and it is reported that fakes exist.

03-02-2006, 11:28 AM	#7
MarkC User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 478 Thanks: 1 Thanked 109 Times in 26 Posts	Andrew, The gun does not have a blued barrel. I have discussed this with some very advanced collectors and they are of the opinion that the KM marked guns in the A prefix range may not have blued barrels as 100% correct. I saw a second "A" prefix KM marked gun at NGD without the blued barrel and that gun was also 100% correct. A closeup look at the KM marking shows that this marking is genuine. Here is a comparison of a fake KM marking on a Radom and two real KM markings, one on a Mauser 1934 and one from the KM marked Radom pictured above. Mark