Rear Conncecting Pin - Again

[Patrick]

You�´re right- all of you. So I went back to my books.Here�´s the answer why some rear toggle pins are numbered - and some are not: a Heeres-Verordnungsblatt (Army Order Form) dated 2nd August 1931 states that changes were to be made to all issued P 08s to prevent the rear toggle pin from moving out and blocking the receiver. A second Order dated 17th March 1932 stated that the rear toggle pin was to be numbered from then on to prevent old toggle pins being used with Lugers that had been adapted. So (according to G�¶rtz), if a toggle pin is numbered on a P08 made before 1932, it proves that the pistol was still owned by the state at that time and had been retro-number stamped. If the rear toggle pin is NOT numbered on Lugers made before 1932, the pistol had either been â??privatisedâ?� or was a commercial model. All state owned Lugers issued after 1932 should have numbered rear toggle pins. So a pre 1932 Luger could be "fully numbered" WITHOUT a number on the rear pin but would have a number on the pin if it was still state owned at that time. This would also explain why the toggle pin number often is of a different size and design. Patrick