Japanese Luger Story in AutoMag...

John Sabato · 03-10-2003, 10:16 AM

Since the 1940 seems to occupy the space that is normally occupied by the date stamp on the chamber, I would have to speculate that this gun had the "mum" added at some date later than it's manufacturing date. I can't see where the factory would stamp something that large in combination with the date that close to the front of the receiver...it would seem from observing many chamber date stamps that they would have centered the stamps between the front of the receiver and the extractor notch...

just my

03-10-2003, 10:16 AM	#11
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Since the 1940 seems to occupy the space that is normally occupied by the date stamp on the chamber, I would have to speculate that this gun had the "mum" added at some date later than it's manufacturing date. I can't see where the factory would stamp something that large in combination with the date that close to the front of the receiver...it would seem from observing many chamber date stamps that they would have centered the stamps between the front of the receiver and the extractor notch... just my __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*