X4.

Never ceases to amaze me, what the folks here can suss out of a couple stampings on the hidden surfaces of an old gun. It often leaves me wondering, "what would those old Krauts who made these guns think, if they knew a bunch of us were poring over their work and workmanship a century later?"

I find myself hoping their response would include selling me a nice drilling out the back door well below retail and sitting down for a couple beers.

fiery, dependable, occasionally transcendent