my first bird biuld 1916
 

hallo all

i am new on this forum and i want to show you my first luger

it was build in 1916 and came from an old man directly out of the woodwork

complete number match (without the magazines)

but i still have some questions

what did the marks under the barrel means......the "c" and the 8,82

and the marking on the barrel

or did someone here see any red flags ......i paid complete 800 euro


correct price or to high


warm regards

charly

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mags

view right

deatil1

detail2

what is this for a kind of stamp????

detail

are this the abnahme stamps???

left view

what did the "c" and the 8,82 �´means ???

nxt

detail

good light

and the last

again a stamp......what did it mean

thank you all for vising and helping

all the best

charly:bigbye: :bigbye:

Welcome to the Luger Forum. You have a very nice 1916 Luger. The serial number is 7615c, the "c" on the barrel and on the front of the frame is part of the serial number. The 8,82 is the diameter of the bore across the lands in millimeters. If you had a rod 8,82 millimetres in diameter, it would fit down the barrel, if the rod was larger than that it wouldn't fit the barrel.

Hope this helps!

charly239


First of all... welcome to the Lugerforum... I only have a couple of minutes this morning, but I wanted to answer your main questions.

The small letter "c" indicates that this gun is the fourth series marked with this serial number in the year of manufacture (1916)... The first series would have no letter code, the second would be "a" and so forth...

The 8,82 under the barrel is the bore diameter in millimeters...

It is a very nice specimen and nice that you have the complete rig. It is unfortunate that somewhere along the line the closure strap on the holster was repaired by using a crude rivit instead of having it properly stitched... other than that, it all looks original...

I am sure others will be along today and comment on the other markings for you... I just don't have time...

Later... and once again welcome. There is much to learn on this website about Lugers and many very experienced and knowledgeable folks willing to share their widsom...

Hi Charly,

Very nice pistol and it's certainly at least worth the 800 Euro you paid for it.
The small 'bird' stamps are actually proof marks, that show that barrel, toggle and receiver succesfully survived official test firing.