Struck Or Engraved...?

Ron Wood · 11-20-2002, 05:43 PM

You are leaning in the right direction. It is roll-die impressed, and the roll direction was from left to right as evidenced by the upset or "piled up" material on the right periphery of the marking. Now, having said that, I would guess from the unevenness of the rays on the sunburst that the die was a commercial or gunsmith die from a house such as Flukiger (but not Flukiger) and not from the Swiss Waffenfabrik Bern. From your very excellent photo, if it was an engraved marking, the "chop marks" from engraving would probably be evident. There isn't any, so that further indicates a die stamp.

11-20-2002, 05:43 PM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	You are leaning in the right direction. It is roll-die impressed, and the roll direction was from left to right as evidenced by the upset or "piled up" material on the right periphery of the marking. Now, having said that, I would guess from the unevenness of the rays on the sunburst that the die was a commercial or gunsmith die from a house such as Flukiger (but not Flukiger) and not from the Swiss Waffenfabrik Bern. From your very excellent photo, if it was an engraved marking, the "chop marks" from engraving would probably be evident. There isn't any, so that further indicates a die stamp. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction