VOLPO rig

Lugerdoc · 08-16-2007, 11:01 AM

Gerben et al, Many of the DDR reworked PO8s that came into the US has 2 matching mags. Some of these were WW2 FXOs with renumbered bottoms. It's unfortunate that many parts on these had the serials xxxed out, or worse yet, a matching number etched in. One nice feature of the DDR reworks, was that if the original barrel showed too much wear, they would install a new one, usually marked with a C/N and sometime the date of change (eg: 753 for Aug.1953).Admittedly these were not reworked for sale to collectors, rather for distribution to Communist insergent groups through out the world with "plausable denighability" by the Russians. They have shown up in the middle east (Lebanon), Chile, Cuba, etc. TH

08-16-2007, 11:01 AM	#8
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Gerben et al, Many of the DDR reworked PO8s that came into the US has 2 matching mags. Some of these were WW2 FXOs with renumbered bottoms. It's unfortunate that many parts on these had the serials xxxed out, or worse yet, a matching number etched in. One nice feature of the DDR reworks, was that if the original barrel showed too much wear, they would install a new one, usually marked with a C/N and sometime the date of change (eg: 753 for Aug.1953).Admittedly these were not reworked for sale to collectors, rather for distribution to Communist insergent groups through out the world with "plausable denighability" by the Russians. They have shown up in the middle east (Lebanon), Chile, Cuba, etc. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net