approx 4 inch barrel lengths

[Dwight Gruber]

Ed,

The oddly marked barrel bears the British proofs characteristic of Vickers Lugers. That it is an odd length is very interesting indeed.

The "8" under the serial number is actually the mysterious & mark which shows up unexpectedly in wildly divergent Luger places, primarily (but not exclusively) in this position on Vickers barrels.

--Dwight