My 1929 'sneak' police............

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Originally Posted by wlyon

When the luger is field stripped it is a line that runs across the barrel and the receiver. It is a short stamped line to show correct position of barrel in receiver. Many times with a new barrel added this is uneven or even missing on the barrel. Yes they were originally strawed. The strawing is a heat process but you need to know how. Bill

Thanks, there is no line, only ser# below crown N. I've been reading about how to straw on some threads here and there, I'm debating whether to give it a go myself or give the parts over to someone else. Seems if I make a muck of it I can start over and try again as long as I go easy on the ser#.