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06-10-2005, 10:19 AM | #21 |
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Hey Russ, Sorry, I have to work this weekend. And will be doing a family thing Sunday. I get every other weekend off. This retirement thing isn't working out quite like I planned it. Eventually we will connect, but the timing has just been wrong. Are you still "playing house" in Albany?
I will try to get in touch with you soon, so we can hook-up and terrorize some of those uppity rats. My wife has finally started to recover somewhat. So I'm ready to get out of town and blow off some stress. I'm warming up my Sako .243. If I can get them in the crosshairs, they're toast. Ron
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06-10-2005, 10:43 AM | #22 |
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It is, if you come over to the house, I will buy a case!
Ron, glad to hear she is doing better. Understand the every-other weekend thing, my wife says, NO more socializing! We have things to do! The she says, oh, we need to go visit Ellie and Jerry, and what about that friend up in Boulder... |
06-11-2005, 03:54 PM | #23 |
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Hey, Ron, thanks for updating us on your wife. I'm very pleased to hear she's doing better.
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WOW, A lot of very helpful information. I just inhereted H. P. 308. from my father. It has many similarities with those in your article, except I have not yet noticed any overstamps. Now if I can only find the magazine for it somewhere out there.
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08-15-2005, 11:39 PM | #26 |
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Jim,
Thanks very much for the good selection of photographs. The stock lug grind and front strap unit marks follow the convention of H.P. 495. I'm interested to note that the front of the frame seems to be faced off in the same manner. Regarding the odd letters stamped under the receiver and on the frame under the grip plates, these are commonly known as Workers' Marks, internal DWM production inspection marks. All letters (except A), some numbers, and various cryptic symbols can be found stamped in various hidden, internal surfaces. Their meanings are undocumented and obscure. --Dwight |
08-16-2005, 10:36 AM | #27 |
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Jim,
Just realized you'd jumped to this thread. Disregard question in other thread about sear and mag safeties --- it doesn't have them. Interesting. Did your dad say anything about where and how he acquired this pistol? The only clue we currently have about the identity of these marks is from information about where and from whom one of the pistols was captured. Additional information about yours may be very useful.
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08-16-2005, 05:44 PM | #28 |
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H.P. 308. was purchased in a small gun shop in NC for $600. I am contacting the shop owner to try and learn more (and to try to find it's magazine).
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08-16-2005, 09:40 PM | #29 |
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Jim,
Could you post a good photo of the top of the gun in the toggle area? Yours would be the only one of these without a sear safety. There is none evident in the left side photo but the top photo may show if there was once one that has been removed. Thanks.
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08-17-2005, 12:21 PM | #30 |
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I think that the path to knowing what the "H.P." means will found by discovery of who captured these pistols. Names and units of the G.I.s or capture papers will shed more light on their German origin than anything else.
In Don's posting above it appears that both H.P.487 and H.P.503 were captured along with numbered holsters and mags in Bingen am Rhein. I believe that Bingen a/R was a part of Hesse prior to 1945. That being the case the marking may well indicate Hessian Police. |
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Note that Luger H.P.503. was taken mismatched in Holster H.P.487. Boyoboy, if they were two different captures from Bingen there'd certainly be a case. You are thinking along Don's lines here, and with my suspicions as well. --Dwight |
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Dwight,
What ever happened to our friend Margaret who has HP88? Did we scare her off? I sure would like to know if "daddy" left any evidence of the capture of that rig. George, See the second article mentioned in http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...threadid=11898 for my rationale for suspecting Hessische Polizei. Things have gotten a bit more complex since I wrote that but it's still my best guess.
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Don,
Now that I've looked for and found a photo of a sear safety... Hmmmm. It might have had one at one time... The cut-out on the side plate seems to confirm this. Yes? |
08-17-2005, 11:26 PM | #34 |
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yes, that is a dead giveaway.... let me look at your pictures again..
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08-18-2005, 12:03 PM | #35 |
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Jim,
Yes, the cutout on the side plate, the hole in the sear bar and the rivet hole in the receiver extension confirm that there was once a sear safety installed. That's at least one consistent feature of these pistols.
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