1939-42 Luger at Hermann

MJRiggs · 04-12-2012, 12:16 AM

All,

I pulled out my copy of The P.38 Pistol Spreewerk Production by Jan Balcar & Ron Ciarin (an excellent book by the way) and it has several paragraphs describing the “asterisk” stamp and how it was used to mark parts as a “repairable reject”. The asterisk indicated the rejection, and the acceptance mark was only applied once the defect was successfully corrected. The authors also stated that after three asterisks the part was classified as un-repairable and not used.

Take a close look at the photo that I posted of my Spreewerk pistol above and you can see two different asterisk stamps, one on the frame and one on the exposed portion of the barrel. The barrel asterisk near the top left of the photo is not a clean strike and only the very center of the asterisk and only a few of the radiating lines are visible. Also note the e/88 Waffenamt acceptance stamps right next to both asterisks to show what ever error caused the inspector to initially reject the frame and slide had been corrected.

Mike

04-12-2012, 12:16 AM	#7
MJRiggs User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SE Virginia Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	All, I pulled out my copy of The P.38 Pistol Spreewerk Production by Jan Balcar & Ron Ciarin (an excellent book by the way) and it has several paragraphs describing the “asterisk” stamp and how it was used to mark parts as a “repairable reject”. The asterisk indicated the rejection, and the acceptance mark was only applied once the defect was successfully corrected. The authors also stated that after three asterisks the part was classified as un-repairable and not used. Take a close look at the photo that I posted of my Spreewerk pistol above and you can see two different asterisk stamps, one on the frame and one on the exposed portion of the barrel. The barrel asterisk near the top left of the photo is not a clean strike and only the very center of the asterisk and only a few of the radiating lines are visible. Also note the e/88 Waffenamt acceptance stamps right next to both asterisks to show what ever error caused the inspector to initially reject the frame and slide had been corrected. Mike