Another new guy, new to Lugers

Dwight Gruber · 01-14-2013, 03:44 PM

Jerry,

The stamp shows up early and disappears fairly soon--can't give you dates offhand. I would guess--pure speculation--that the proofing officer didn't have a new stamp so he used one that was convenient. The ad hoc nature of the stamp is reinforced by the fact that it was not stamped in a consistent location.

Also, note that the crown differs from the standard WWI inspector marks.

--Dwight

Reef Donkey · 01-14-2013, 11:28 PM

Jerry, so we are looking at a mid '30s magazine in a pistol most probably re-manufactured by Simpson. I see in the History tab of the site that the Nazis took over the Simpson plant when assuming power. Is there any information available to date that takeover? Is it known if any re-manufactured was done elsewhere with the Simpson machinery after it was nationalized?

01-14-2013, 03:44 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Jerry, The stamp shows up early and disappears fairly soon--can't give you dates offhand. I would guess--pure speculation--that the proofing officer didn't have a new stamp so he used one that was convenient. The ad hoc nature of the stamp is reinforced by the fact that it was not stamped in a consistent location. Also, note that the crown differs from the standard WWI inspector marks. --Dwight

01-14-2013, 11:28 PM	#2
Reef Donkey User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Alabama Posts: 19 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Jerry, so we are looking at a mid '30s magazine in a pistol most probably re-manufactured by Simpson. I see in the History tab of the site that the Nazis took over the Simpson plant when assuming power. Is there any information available to date that takeover? Is it known if any re-manufactured was done elsewhere with the Simpson machinery after it was nationalized?