The order for Waffenwerk Brunn I to change over from code '945' to 'dot' was not received until after Brunn had produced a '945 1941' roll die and hundreds of '945 1941' coded G33/40 receivers in late 1940. Production was not sequential, so its possible this one may have actually been produced in 1944 and marked 44, but I think its more likely they just used up the few 44 dated slides that were made before receiving the order to shut down production. Production of jhv44 slides would have began in late 1943 to prepare for 1944 production, however, it must have become clear at some point late in the year that production was going to be extended past 1943. IMO, the jhv44 marking is clearly not an error. Any information as to where this pistol is located would be greatly appreciated for my data bank.Ĭlick to expand.Yes that is clearly a WaA173 as it should be. This pistol is truly an anomaly and may be one of a surviving kind, as a few other P.Mod. My Sn data brackets the pistol between Sn#72706 JHV 43 and Sn#72848 JHV 43 Norwegian Police marked Politi 5941. Speculation is that not more than a dozen were so marked, if any more at all. After a very short time a supervisor realized the error and the die was corrected to the code. The rationale is that a worker realized that it was the start of a new calendar year and changed the die to reflect that. Speculation was that this may have been one of the first pistols on the production line Jan 1st 1944, as the JHV44 code would indicate. This pistol is described by John James ( automag xxxvi issue 6 page 129.) It was a pistol in his collection that he was asked to describe to the fraternity at the time. You have indicated that you have seen the JHV 44 coded example Sn#72829. Have not read postings in a while, stumbled upon yours and thought I may add some information.
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