Help to figure this Luger out??

Jasta2 · 12-21-2009, 01:07 PM

Just talked with the gunshop owner. The Luger s/n is 8037 with no letter and the 'crown n' proof is laying or it's side or horizonal. Info from my book states that the horizonal nitro proof is only found on some commercial Lugers in the 1906 to 1914 era, and the vertical commercial nitro proofs are only found on post1920 manufactured Lugers. Is it posable that a commercial Luger end up with a dbl date and no military proofs? Or maybe it's just that when reworked that one stamp was done incorrectly. Sorry for all this questioning, but as I see it, the proofs are one of the main 'keys' to identify a Luger, so when I look one over (boy I've got alot to learn!) and the proofs do not to be correct, I take a 'red flag' should go off. Reading many post here on the Fourm, I see much is talked about wether a varitation of Luger should have this or that proof and this dbl date did not seem to add up to me. I got to ask!! Only way to learn is from the knowledge here on the Forum! I take maybe this was built from left over commercial parts and dated 1918, na, does does not sound right.
Thanks,Bill

12-21-2009, 01:07 PM	#12
Jasta2 User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 514 Thanks: 349 Thanked 101 Times in 52 Posts	Just talked with the gunshop owner. The Luger s/n is 8037 with no letter and the 'crown n' proof is laying or it's side or horizonal. Info from my book states that the horizonal nitro proof is only found on some commercial Lugers in the 1906 to 1914 era, and the vertical commercial nitro proofs are only found on post1920 manufactured Lugers. Is it posable that a commercial Luger end up with a dbl date and no military proofs? Or maybe it's just that when reworked that one stamp was done incorrectly. Sorry for all this questioning, but as I see it, the proofs are one of the main 'keys' to identify a Luger, so when I look one over (boy I've got alot to learn!) and the proofs do not to be correct, I take a 'red flag' should go off. Reading many post here on the Fourm, I see much is talked about wether a varitation of Luger should have this or that proof and this dbl date did not seem to add up to me. I got to ask!! Only way to learn is from the knowledge here on the Forum! I take maybe this was built from left over commercial parts and dated 1918, na, does does not sound right. Thanks,Bill