Weimar hold open

alvin · 12-29-2009, 06:57 PM

Even if WWI made parts used in postwar gun, I would think it's still unnumbered at the assembly time. It's new old stock, and had not used in another gun before, why would it be numbered. Also, it did not make sense to search a pile of numbered parts in production -- not only it must function, and pre-existing number had to match the gun, that's extra work.

There should be other reasons. Maybe a gun did not pass quality check in factory, foreman found the hold open did not fit well, so a new hold open (a little bit customized) was installed, and it was numbered to the gun? Same guess may apply to grip panels.

12-29-2009, 06:57 PM	#6
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Even if WWI made parts used in postwar gun, I would think it's still unnumbered at the assembly time. It's new old stock, and had not used in another gun before, why would it be numbered. Also, it did not make sense to search a pile of numbered parts in production -- not only it must function, and pre-existing number had to match the gun, that's extra work. There should be other reasons. Maybe a gun did not pass quality check in factory, foreman found the hold open did not fit well, so a new hold open (a little bit customized) was installed, and it was numbered to the gun? Same guess may apply to grip panels.