Need help identifying mark

mrerick · 03-03-2010, 09:11 PM

Alvin, definitely the same RW inspection mark. Perhaps it's a "M" for Mauser with a "R" for an individual inspector or department... Thank you for the background on this...

Frank, thank you for checking this out. Since the frame is a "42" date, it sounds like this could well have been force matched or a part used from earlier production of Mauser Banners to quickly fulfill a military contract. Since it was re-blued, someone reworked it at some point.

The s/n is in the first 1000 of the "g" series. So perhaps March/April 1942?

Marc

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	Alvin, definitely the same RW inspection mark. Perhaps it's a "M" for Mauser with a "R" for an individual inspector or department... Thank you for the background on this... Frank, thank you for checking this out. Since the frame is a "42" date, it sounds like this could well have been force matched or a part used from earlier production of Mauser Banners to quickly fulfill a military contract. Since it was re-blued, someone reworked it at some point. The s/n is in the first 1000 of the "g" series. So perhaps March/April 1942? Marc Last edited by mrerick; 03-04-2010 at 11:26 AM.