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12-16-2012, 04:08 PM | #21 |
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12-16-2012, 11:07 PM | #23 |
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No, down inside the sight base frame at the top of the barrel.
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12-16-2012, 11:13 PM | #24 |
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George the only number I see are 652 inside the sight frame and a 65 on the corner of the site frame maybbe i am looking on the wrong spot but this is what I see
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12-17-2012, 12:40 PM | #25 |
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Any other input from anyone?
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12-22-2012, 08:49 AM | #26 |
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So should this weapon be considered a shooter or not?
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12-22-2012, 10:50 AM | #27 |
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We'll need to wait a verdict from the professors, however IMHO there are some situations that can not be explained with 100% certainty. Possibly if one of our scholars had it in front of them with a good light they could give a definitive answer, but I doubt it. To me it seems like sometimes there is a grey area in between collector Lugers and simple shooters. This game is not always so black and white. At least not to us newer collectors. If that were my gun I would consider it a collector item and cherish it as such. If you go to sell it I'd tell prospective buyers about the uncertainty over the missing suffix, discount the price a bit and move on. But to define that gun as a shooter seems to not due it justice. Hell, I've got more new parts than that gun does and I'm only half its age... dju |
12-22-2012, 01:28 PM | #28 |
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I agree with David. Even Germans made mistakes. Not sure why we think they were perfect in gun manufacture. At least we seem to expect them to be. If I owned it it would be a collectible and treated as such. Bill
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12-22-2012, 03:18 PM | #30 |
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I'm not seeing any issues with the witness mark.
The scratches on the right side of the barrel that run parallel to the bore all seem like random scratches. The circular rings around the base of the barrel could suggest slipage in a barrel vice. It's something I'd about have to see in the flesh, and even then it may remain uncertain. It looks to me like if it was rebarreled, it was done a very long time ago, possibly even war-time. Some photos of the left side show the barrel to be in better blue than the rest, while the close-up photos of the right side seem to show even finish throughout. Bottom line is I dunno. It's not a fake created for deception and profit, but what has happened along the way is uncertain. dju |
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Yet the back sight base serials don't correspond, as per George Anderson's message.
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The professor has spoken. dju |
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Whew!!!! Looks like I just have an enigma but a proper period enigma.
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Wayne et al, THe numbered stamped by Erfurt when they made these barrels (only fully readable when the rear sight is removed) has NO relationship to the later applied serial numbers. The rear sight should have the last two digit of the serial on the base, appeture (rear) and elevator piece. TH
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Great Pics, Ansel Adams would be proud!
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12-27-2012, 03:53 PM | #38 |
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May I suggest that you look at this thread on Jan Still's forum. http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...-numbers-codes
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12-27-2012, 04:57 PM | #39 |
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I cant seem to get the link to work.
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12-27-2012, 05:09 PM | #40 |
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Neither can I but then I am a "child in the wilderness" when it comes to computers. Try signing on to luger.gunboards.com then doing an advanced search by member using paolo as the member name. Search posts started by user then go to topic "Artillery Lugers" under 1900-1918 Imperial Lugers.
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