Rear Conncecting Pin - Again

John D. · 05-07-2001, 07:30 PM

According to Gibson (pp 105 - THE KRIEGHOFF PARABELLUM) in discussing markings states:

"... Rear Toggle Link Axle. Only a very few of these have been noted numbered with the last two digits of the serial number, and those have all been in the 8,000 to 10,000 sequence of the range in a random pattern.." (As an FYI - The 8,000 - 10,000 range would be in the 1936 production run.)

Based on the HK examples and records I have - I would say this statement is absolutely correct. Further, I do not know what Gibson used as his reference - whether it was the nearly 1,000 recorded samples he used as the base-line of his book, or the factory records he had direct access to..?? I could ask him, if there is a need?

This is an outstanding thread, by the way...

05-07-2001, 07:30 PM	#28
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	Another Datapoint... According to Gibson (pp 105 - THE KRIEGHOFF PARABELLUM) in discussing markings states: "... Rear Toggle Link Axle. Only a very few of these have been noted numbered with the last two digits of the serial number, and those have all been in the 8,000 to 10,000 sequence of the range in a random pattern.." (As an FYI - The 8,000 - 10,000 range would be in the 1936 production run.) Based on the HK examples and records I have - I would say this statement is absolutely correct. Further, I do not know what Gibson used as his reference - whether it was the nearly 1,000 recorded samples he used as the base-line of his book, or the factory records he had direct access to..?? I could ask him, if there is a need? This is an outstanding thread, by the way...