Peresian LP08 Serial Numbers

[alanint]

I agree that a "59" in Arabic numbers is incorrect for the pistol. The few Persians I have examined all had matching barrel numbers in Farsi.

[sheepherder]

For your consideration...

[Arizona Slim]

Thank you all for the help, I just received an email from the auction house and the gentelman said that while the Persian
P08's did have the full serial number, in Farsi, on the bottom of the barrels as shown in vol. 11, page 776 of Sturgess "The Borchardt & Luger Pistols" the LP08's did not, but, since the searbar was not a match the pistol certainly qualified for a refund and that they would issue one upon receipt of the pistol. So it does appear that all will turn out well.

Lon

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

For your consideration...

Hi,

Just so you know, the numbers are properly read from right to left.

Sieger

[Arizona Slim]

Originally Posted by Sieger

Hi,

Just so you know, the numbers are properly read from right to left.

Sieger

Thanks Sieger, I did not know that.

Lon

[guns3545]

Originally Posted by Sieger

Hi,

Just so you know, the numbers are properly read from right to left.

Sieger

Actually, while Farsi script is written, and read, from right to left, numbers are written left to right.

John

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by guns3545

Actually, while Farsi script is written, and read, from right to left, numbers are written left to right.

John

If true, someone needs to tell both the importer and the ATF, as all I"ve seen on the Persian Mauser rifles have been transcribed from right to left.


Sieger

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by guns3545

Actually, while Farsi script is written, and read, from right to left, numbers are written left to right.

John

This site also confirms that. It also points out the differences between Persian and Arabic numerals -

http://persian.nmelrc.org/persianword/numbers.htm

Are the 'Persian' Lugers in Farsi, Persian, or Arabic???

Lonnie, I would have to say this would be a major annoyance/outrage to me...My FFL receiver charges $40 for both incoming and outgoing, plus it would be ~$25 for 2nd Day shipping (I think RIA requires that?) so that's ~$100 out of my pocket and nothing to show for it...That's if RIA refunds the original shipping, auction fees, and hammer price...

A hundred bucks is a lot of money to me...Losing it would be a real financial blow...

[guns3545]

Are the 'Persian' Lugers in Farsi, Persian, or Arabic??? [/QUOTE]



They are Farsi numbers and text. But in reality Persian is a simple English translation of Farsi. However, to peoples in the region, they differentiate dialects of the "Persian" language by saying that depending on your region you speak Farsi, Dari or Tajiki.

But the main point is that, in answer to the question, there are differences between Persian/Farsi and standard Arabic.

John

[sheepherder]

It's off-topic, John, but thanks for the pic of the cutaway Luger! I have a set of Khyber Pass grips I was planning to make into 'cartridge counter' grips like the Dutch experimental models. That gives me an idea of how they cut out the slot!

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

For your consideration...

I notice that the pistol in your pic has a side plate that is, technically, mis-matched--the digits are reversed, compared to where they appear elsewhere. What's up with that? Did a tech at the factory become dyslexic (maybe dysnumeric?) when marking it?