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A few points to the comments above, not necessarily in order: 1. Of course Lugers and rifles are different but both being classified as small arms they were subject to the same authority and general procedures for procurement and maintenance. A good example is to look at the U.S. procedure of...

More often lacquer sticks are used and if so some type of solvent like acetone or even hoppes 9 will work in conjunction with a brush to clean it out. No big deal

I think it is a mistake to characterize the participation of maybe 10 people total, even in multiple threads spanning years on the same subject, as representative of the Luger community in regards to how even a large number of collectors view this topic much less a big majority.

To be fair there are and have been plenty of Luger collectors who have recognized these as SS re-work Lugers for 50-70 years. I believe Fred Datig discussed this as a least a school of thought among many collectors in his book published in 1959 or so or at least in his 1962 revised edition. I...

I coming back around to embracing what I practiced for the first four decades or so that I collected and then foolishly abandoned about 10 years ago. That is it’s generally a waste of time to try to teach anyone anything about this material unless they really want to know and learn and that is...

I think about same factors apply to authenticating and identifying these DH marked Lugers and rifles as anything else. I sort of understand the reluctance of some to accept these Lugers as SS connected but those who have examined the rifles carefully and particularly over a very long time period...

I sent them to another forum member as well and as far as I’m concerned either you or he are welcome to post the h block here. I do not own the i block so I can not say what the rules are or the collector protocol about posting those photos even though they were posted on another forum. As I...

I’m beginning to believe that there was much more randomness or lack of sequence in the use of scopes on builds than I had previously thought. I don’t know why that surprised me as we all know many other examples of certain parts for firearms showing up in quantity in production 6 months and...

I can email you some photos. I also looked at a matching basically out of the woodwork i block 1943 LT ( I think someone on this forum now owns it) that has Ajack scope in the 46,600 range….and as I said factory matched to rifle. Now I may have spoke too quickly when I said 48,000 or 49,000...

Sorry to be a contrarian on this but a 49,000 range Ajack scope was being used by November and certainly December 1943 and even quite possibly as early as October 1943 in the i block LT 1943 range. We have ample evidence (if a couple of matched rifles and scopes can be called ample) that 50,000...

IMO the 49000 range serial number would date manufacture to late 1943 (probably) to NLT early 1944 latest. This number range can be found on k block low turrets to the very first HT made in 1943 and beginning of 44, assuming you can find one with factory matching number optic scope/mount...

This maybe true, I have no idea. I have a h block 43 sniper with no Spandau stock stamps. I have to assume if all went there then all were not marked as having been there. It is certainly possible and makes some sense if one place (like Spandau) was used as a central “clearing house” for all...

I have the same question regarding the role or purpose for sending a substantial number of later 1943 and early 1944 sniper rifles to Spandau. Was something done to these apparently new rifles being sent from the factory (or was it from the or some of the weapons depots?)? I had assumed that by...

I can not address the possible sales scam but the scope itself looks legit and the typical configuration provided for military use from about the 42 or 43 thousand range thru about 55,000. This one would date to very late 1943 or earlier 1944 (more likely). It appears to be possibly refinished...

As I stated, I believe this to be an Austrian made version and yes it’s different from the German shield in several respects to include the mounting holes/slots but maybe more so even the basic shape and form and perhaps size proportions. The strap is also different. The Austrian German style...

Yes the German ones were attached with a leather strap but the Austrians used this specific weave of flax weave with leather reinforcement like the strap in the photo and the same for their helmet chinstraps. The shield itself is also a different shape and slot set up than the German version. I...

It looks like a criminally insanely rare example of an Austro-Hungarian German contract helmet with brow plate unique to that pattern. I’ve never the actual brow plate for these in person but I doubt many exist more so with the strap.

This may be true but I have found about three examples of the jackets, un-worn, brought back by 1st ID vets from the war. I found these in the 80s and 90s. I’ve never seen any type of modification done to any of these sets other than some with added insignia but nothing altered in the cut off...

Where is is the RZM stamp?

These are later war KM associated sets mostly seen connected to the midget sub program (not standard U-Boats) but also seen in a few photos worn around E-boats and similar craft. There are also photos of HG panzer officers wearing these in 1944/45 East Prussia and a very few other other late war...