My grandfather's Luger

unspellable · 12-01-2004, 06:14 PM

I would consider the chamber date to be part of the serial number since the 4 digit number plus letter suffix on the frame can repeat in succesive years. Perhaps this is less so of Mausers than DWM's but I know there are cases of more than one DWM with the same 4 digits and suffix.

Of course the chamber date does not appear on the frame. This gets messy because the practice followed in numbering a gun varies from country to country and probably time to time as well.

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12-01-2004, 06:14 PM	#3
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 770 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	I would consider the chamber date to be part of the serial number since the 4 digit number plus letter suffix on the frame can repeat in succesive years. Perhaps this is less so of Mausers than DWM's but I know there are cases of more than one DWM with the same 4 digits and suffix. Of course the chamber date does not appear on the frame. This gets messy because the practice followed in numbering a gun varies from country to country and probably time to time as well.