Digfind acquired: 1920 rework of a WW1 artillery

[Ron Smith]

Gerben, The pistol was in a fire. The round cooked off. The primer detonated and flowed back into the firing pin hole. That's probably why the barrel pitted the way it did. Hot spots, such as embers were touching the metal where the big pits are and softened the steel, so that it corroded faster in the soft areas. It may have been in a bombed and burning vehicle.

Ron