More info on my "VOPO" Parabellum (please?)

07-18-2001, 02:56 PM

Most of these E.German reworks, judging from all of the dated barrel that I have seen, were reworked in 1953. Ocassional you will see some figures such as 953 (Sept. 1953) stamped below the narrow crown over N on EG replacement barrels on both lugers & P38s. I would guess that these were gradully phased out as the 9x18 (Warsaw Pact standard) Makarov were brought in.

07-18-2001, 02:56 PM	#2
tom h Guest Posts: n/a	Re: More info on VOPO PO8s Most of these E.German reworks, judging from all of the dated barrel that I have seen, were reworked in 1953. Ocassional you will see some figures such as 953 (Sept. 1953) stamped below the narrow crown over N on EG replacement barrels on both lugers & P38s. I would guess that these were gradully phased out as the 9x18 (Warsaw Pact standard) Makarov were brought in.