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Ron Wood · 10-27-2003, 02:09 PM

Dutch,
The m is part of the serial number. Each letter of the alphabet indicates an increment of 10,000. So, for example if your Luger was numbered 1234m, this would actually mean that this was the 131,234th Luger produced in 1918 (m being the 13th letter of the alphabet). This is very near the end of WWI production.

10-27-2003, 02:09 PM	#7
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,124 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Dutch, The m is part of the serial number. Each letter of the alphabet indicates an increment of 10,000. So, for example if your Luger was numbered 1234m, this would actually mean that this was the 131,234th Luger produced in 1918 (m being the 13th letter of the alphabet). This is very near the end of WWI production. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction