Sorry , somewhat off topic .

My education is lacking in that area . How do you test for reblue ?
Thanks :)

I'd like to know how you test for reblueing too.

Me too

Go to the Navy Forum and look for the post by Tom A, that details the inspection of a Navy Luger... it is sticky'ed to the top of the forum. It explains what you need to look for when inspecting most Lugers.

Thanks John . I thought possibly he was referring to some sort of chemical testing or .... ?

Hi Joe, I am new to the site and after posting some ?'s about my 1936 - I read this post and noticed the s/n 5997 - My1936 has s/n 5994 - would this mean my firearm was made 3 before yours at same factory if stamps are the same?
here is my post link with Pics
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...threadid=18935

Thanks, John

No, John, but nice guess. Welcome to the Lugerforum!

Yours is in the 'n' series... this one is in the 'o' series, so you gun was made 10,002 guns before this one Why not 10,003? Because there is no militiary Mauser marked with serial number 10,000 or 0000 - the 'n' series would have ended with '9999 n' and the 'o' series would have started with "0001 o" This Luger was likely made a month or two after yours... Anyone who is tracking production numbers can give you a much better guess about when both of them were made.

Thank you for your reply,
This is why I am here to learn more about these fine firearms.

,John