K DATE! WOW-aaaahhhhhhhhh!!!

Thor · 04-05-2002, 11:36 PM

Herb, Mauser made the first Lugers in 1934 for the military and Hitler was trying to hide the rearming of the German military so he didnt have these made with a chamber date like 1934 but used a "K" code and then in 1935 the next code was a "G" then after that in 1936 he simply didnt care and Mauser went to numbering their Lugers on the chamber with a date stamp. The K dates were pretty rare as not many were made and there are at list 4 subvariations making this a study in collection Lugers within itself. Ks are in short supply so worth is accenuated. Pretty simple economics but it brings out the fakers pretty severely. I am tickled pick to get this one before others in this country get their paws on it and hopefully the numbers, stamps etc will be original and the parts too. Thor

04-05-2002, 11:36 PM	#24
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 971 Times in 277 Posts	Re: K DATE! WOW-aaaahhhhhhhhh!!! Herb, Mauser made the first Lugers in 1934 for the military and Hitler was trying to hide the rearming of the German military so he didnt have these made with a chamber date like 1934 but used a "K" code and then in 1935 the next code was a "G" then after that in 1936 he simply didnt care and Mauser went to numbering their Lugers on the chamber with a date stamp. The K dates were pretty rare as not many were made and there are at list 4 subvariations making this a study in collection Lugers within itself. Ks are in short supply so worth is accenuated. Pretty simple economics but it brings out the fakers pretty severely. I am tickled pick to get this one before others in this country get their paws on it and hopefully the numbers, stamps etc will be original and the parts too. Thor