To all you wonderful, knowledgeable, intelligent people out there that took the time to answer my message and help immensely, I offer you my heartfelt and humble thanks.
Pleae, each and every one of you, pat yourselves on the back from me.
Thanks guys
John

John,

Not necessarily. It has limited collection value because it has been deactivated. But again, deactivation is the norm in the UK.

But don't write it off. It still is a 1936 model P.08.

And, without the gun in hand, my comments are solely based on a photo. The possibility always exist that the date stamp is unmolested. Only a hands on inspection would confirm or not.

And, frankly, I am still struggling to understand why someone would take time to refresh a date while the rest of the gun appears to be in its original state. Some damage there??

Again, one must have the gun in hand to declare anything as definitive.

Sorry not be be of help here.

John

Thanks John, I won't take it off the list yet.
John

As far as the Birmingham proof mark “D A” stands for “DeActivaded”, while the figures shows the year of deactivation, so I guess it was deactivated last year.

Best.

Yahoo shows that to be $1068 USD. Seems kind of high for a deactivated Luger. Might be average in the UK though.

I notice the breechblock also has the deactivation stamp. Are any other areas stamped with the D-A/15???

Surely I wouldn't pay that much only for a paperweight!
Still that's the way the cookies crumble in the UK, let's keep our fingers crossed that the anti-gun craze won't spread all over the world or we'll be screwed!

Hi Sergio
The price is about right for the uk.
We have a television programme over here called "Rip Off Britain". That sums up the uk.
Any houses for sale near you, I'd consider emigrating!
Cheers
John

Hi Sheepherder
The price is about right for the uk!
Can't see any more deact marks. Why they need two though I don't know. Perhaps it's to spoil the gun even more.
UK gun laws are crazy.
John

IMHO, I think the only difference between the Date stamp on the subject gun and the example shown by DJU is that the latter is filled with some white material to make it show up in photos better... I think the date stamp is legitimate...

Just my $0.02 (or 2 pence as the case may be).

Thanks John S it's back on top of the list!
Cheers
John

I think it is somewhat odd that the 1936 is straight-lined where the 1937 is all curved-lined...

Here's another example of a 1936 receiver date:

As mentioned previously, the chamber date font in 1936, i.e. the first year Mauser put dates on a P.08, the numbers were more angular; that is squared off.

In 1937 and subsequent years, the fonts were more curved.

Maybe it had to do with designing a roll die that would work well on a curved surface. Or perhaps the curved numbers caused less wear.

But, in any case, that's the way it was.

John

Hey! You got Olle's Luger!!! :soapbox:

Maybe the 1936 was engraved, not stamped???

Yes - I enjoyed Olle's post about his P.08 Luger serial number that ends in "08".

Mine is in the middle of the "i" block. This was the first year to actually have the year number engraved on the chamber... Were the "G" and "K" stamped or engraved?

Marc

Pic is small, but looks stamped...Nice squared corners... :)

Here's another 1936 from Jan's forum...

Stamped.

'Search' here won't allow single-letter searches; I know there are some excellent pics of both K and G chamber dates [and S as well] but I can't find them... :(

I like the Gothic G best... :)

Once again, thanks everybody for your contributions.
I think I'll buy it!
Cheers
John