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Submitted here is my example of the Romanian contract for the 1934 Beretta, 9mm Scurt. Both pistol and holster are marked as being accepted by the Romanian Arsenal with the famous CM acceptance stamp. The entire slide is plum colored which is because of either the temperature of the bluing tank was incorrect or the bluing salts were not of sufficient strenght. This is an example where a five digit fixture or jig was used in order to apply the serial numbers as the fixture or jig had no provision for a blank space so a zero was used in its place. In this case,showing the two zeros in front of the three digit serial number. What question I have always asked myself is, how did a benchmark Romanian pistol reach the U S Forces and eventually end up in the States ? Questions, Questions, but little or no answers ?
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