Unusual side panel stamp (test)

Herb · 06-06-2002, 04:20 PM

My 1937 DWM shooter has this stamping on the left side panel, any idea as to what it is? I can't find it in any of my references. This is also a test to try to upload the photo and I have no idea what will happen, hopefully you will be taken to my album where you can click on the jpeg to enlarge it.

Herb · 06-06-2002, 04:25 PM

Well, that didn't work lets try this
http://members14.clubphoto.com/herb5...ner-e34a.phtml

Roadkill · 06-06-2002, 07:41 PM

This had come up earlier in the question of additional indents for the safety selector positions. I believe the consensus was that these are hardness test marks, done by the factory to test the density of the steel.

RK

Herb · 06-06-2002, 09:49 PM

Could be, but on most Lugers that I have seen the hardness (Rockwell) tests were just a single dot . somewhere on the metal. At first I thought that the marks might be Farsi, but not knowing that language I don't know. Why do I keep getting Lugers with weird marks? Price I guess.

Pete Ebbink · 06-06-2002, 09:54 PM

Herb,

I only have 2 proof marks book and could not find a match...

I have two guesses :

1. A braile symbol... [img]wink.gif[/img]

Okay, seriously...

2. Maybe an amourer's or gunsmith's mark...??? <img src="graemlins/icon501.gif" border="0" alt="[icon501]" />

06-06-2002, 04:20 PM	#1
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Unusual side panel stamp (test) My 1937 DWM shooter has this stamping on the left side panel, any idea as to what it is? I can't find it in any of my references. This is also a test to try to upload the photo and I have no idea what will happen, hopefully you will be taken to my album where you can click on the jpeg to enlarge it. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

06-06-2002, 04:25 PM	#2
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Well, that didn't work lets try this http://members14.clubphoto.com/herb5...ner-e34a.phtml __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

06-06-2002, 09:49 PM	#4
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Could be, but on most Lugers that I have seen the hardness (Rockwell) tests were just a single dot . somewhere on the metal. At first I thought that the marks might be Farsi, but not knowing that language I don't know. Why do I keep getting Lugers with weird marks? Price I guess. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

06-06-2002, 07:41 PM	#3
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	This had come up earlier in the question of additional indents for the safety selector positions. I believe the consensus was that these are hardness test marks, done by the factory to test the density of the steel. RK

06-06-2002, 09:54 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Herb, I only have 2 proof marks book and could not find a match... I have two guesses : 1. A braile symbol... [img]wink.gif[/img] Okay, seriously... 2. Maybe an amourer's or gunsmith's mark...??? <img src="graemlins/icon501.gif" border="0" alt="[icon501]" />