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Doubs · 10-27-2002, 12:35 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Jimbo:
<strong> Do you believe Lugers were manufactured in lots of 10,000 or 9,999?
Jim Ferreira</strong><hr></blockquote>

To the best of my knowledge, there are absolutely NO Imperial military Lugers numbered 10000. The known range is 1 - 9999 and then it was on to another series of 1 - 9999 with the next suffix letter. Surely with DWM and Erfurt producing more than 1,200,000 Lugers from 1908 (1911 for Erfurt) through 1918, at least one or two with serial number 10000 would have surfaced if they existed at all.

The answer to your question seems to be that Imperial Lugers were produced in blocks of 9999 while Nazi Luger and P-38 military pistols MAY have been produced in blocks of 10000. There is evidence that they were but the limited examples are being questioned as possible "one-off" pistols.... mistake corrections and not normal production serial numbers.

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10-27-2002, 12:35 AM	#26
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,753 Thanks: 845 Thanked 1,826 Times in 601 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by Jimbo: <strong> Do you believe Lugers were manufactured in lots of 10,000 or 9,999? Jim Ferreira</strong><hr></blockquote> To the best of my knowledge, there are absolutely NO Imperial military Lugers numbered 10000. The known range is 1 - 9999 and then it was on to another series of 1 - 9999 with the next suffix letter. Surely with DWM and Erfurt producing more than 1,200,000 Lugers from 1908 (1911 for Erfurt) through 1918, at least one or two with serial number 10000 would have surfaced if they existed at all. The answer to your question seems to be that Imperial Lugers were produced in blocks of 9999 while Nazi Luger and P-38 military pistols MAY have been produced in blocks of 10000. There is evidence that they were but the limited examples are being questioned as possible "one-off" pistols.... mistake corrections and not normal production serial numbers.