1938 S/42 "A" stamp?

[Eugen]

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

The capital letter A was used to denote rejected parts.

-Dwight

Hmm...school me on what normally happened to rejected parts. (Recyled/reworked, tossed, given away, etc? from the guy who's last name begins with a capital A )

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by Eugen

Hmm...school me on what normally happened to rejected parts. (Recyled/reworked, tossed, given away, etc? from the guy who's last name begins with a capital A )

Hard to say, in general. There are examples of Lugers made up entirely of reject parts, presumably for demonstration or instruction purposes.

--Dwight