Portuguese Mauser Luger Rebuild

Barry Briscoe · 02-27-2003, 06:46 PM

I have had this luger for about 20 years.The man whom I bought it from said he got it in the 1960's.I noticed the other day that it had a circled "KK4" stamp on the magazine and upon closer inspection it has a circled "KK6" on the underside of the barrel.

It is mostly matching other than the toggle,sideplate,and the replacement magazine and barrel.I presume it was reblued during the rebuild process.

It doesn't have any other Portuguese stamps that I can find which would indicate its origin.Safety marked "GESICHERT" and extractor "GELADEN".There is a stamping on the right rear of the frame that is very light,a "0" inside of a rectangular box is all that is visible.I would guess that it might be from the lot of approximately 4000 Mausers that Portugal bought from Germany in 1943.

Has anyone one else run across a rebuild like this?

Thanks! Barry

02-27-2003, 06:46 PM	#1
Barry Briscoe User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Portuguese Mauser Luger Rebuild I have had this luger for about 20 years.The man whom I bought it from said he got it in the 1960's.I noticed the other day that it had a circled "KK4" stamp on the magazine and upon closer inspection it has a circled "KK6" on the underside of the barrel. It is mostly matching other than the toggle,sideplate,and the replacement magazine and barrel.I presume it was reblued during the rebuild process. It doesn't have any other Portuguese stamps that I can find which would indicate its origin.Safety marked "GESICHERT" and extractor "GELADEN".There is a stamping on the right rear of the frame that is very light,a "0" inside of a rectangular box is all that is visible.I would guess that it might be from the lot of approximately 4000 Mausers that Portugal bought from Germany in 1943. Has anyone one else run across a rebuild like this? Thanks! Barry