just tossing my 2 cents on stolen lugers. Say someone has pops old 1918 erfurt sn1234c luger stolen and reports it to the police. police and owner records it as erfurt 9mm sn1234 (nobody knows that the c is part of the serial number. He's it's not a Glock19) so now every erfurt sn1234 is considered a stolen gun because uninformed owner or police put the wrong information into the database. They didnt know the numbers and letters were recycled every year.
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Or am I thinking this all wrong? jim

Take it even farther. Suppose they reported it as "Luger, serial number 1234" as stolen.

Then every Luger ever made by DWM, Erfurt, Mauser etc. with a serial number 1234 would be considered stolen.

I mentioned this situation in post #14.
It can and does happen, as I said above- it did to me.

No amount of "explaining" will make it go away if one is caught in the "do loop" of explaining luger serial numbering/models/years/manufacturer to the uninitiated- as in law enforcement or non-collector "civilians".:(

This is why you guys shouldn’t collect Lugers. Be safe, stay away from them and stay out of trouble. Because I’m a nice guy I’ll save you all and take the risk on everyone’s behalf. 😁

Looks like you won a great P08. IMHO I would take the risk and contact the vet to learn as much as possible about the history of the pistol. You said you bought it at an auction sale so I would think it's probable safe to assume it's not a stolen item.
I also have a 1938 P08 like yours without a matching mag. Could you let me know what the numbers are?

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You are probably making the right decision based on your concerns. However, I didn't make myself clear when I asked about S/N's. What I'm interested in is the S/N's of the mags only. You mentioned they did not match the pistol so I don't think that would be a problem showing them as this is done from time to time on this forum and I for one am always looking for a match for my P08.

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Thanks cyanghost for responding to my request. Unfortunately, your mag numbers do not match what I'm looking for. I did in fact post a request some time back that I was looking for a mag with the S/N of 3738 and did get a response for one that was close to it. However, the mag I already have is also close to it. Someday maybe....