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08-20-2014, 07:11 PM | #1 |
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K date Luger how did they come up with a 'K'?
how did they come up with a 'K'? Eric asked this in the "for sale" section.
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And while we are at it, how did they come up with "G"?
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Ron, Something I thought I once knew..but it escapes me. We know they are codes like the S code Krieghoff but were they simply snatched out of the alphabet? Interesting question!
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Maybe a malfunctioning Ouija board?
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Are K and G the only letter chamber dates???
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As far as I know. And Krieghoff was just as guilty of that deception as Mauser.
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From what I remember there was a chart of certain letters for dates - not just lugers had dates as letters / numbers and then later the 'codes' like S/42 / 42 / byf etc
gov't had things all planned out for the codes / dates S - Krieg K - Mauser G - Mauser
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Jerry, I think you nail it. There is no meaning with the letters. Background was to screen the rearmament after Hitler take the Power in 1933.
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The K,G & S code for 1934-1936, were also used on '98Ks until they went to open numeric dating in early 1936. TH
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Gibson - page 106
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