Need a date of manufacture
 

Hello, I just got my first Luger, an Alphabet Commerical (I think) in .30 cal. it actually looks a lot like the one pictured a couple posts below. Anyhow, I am wondering if there is some database that matches S/Ns with dates of manufacture for Lugers. (I haven't been able to find one.) If not, can someone tell me for sure the date of manufacture of S/N 8816m. thanks

Hi Jay,
Your gun was manufactured in late 1923 or 1924. Probably 1924 because of the high S#.
Mike C.

Jay,

You'll find a table relating serial numbers of Alphabet Commercials to dates in Jan Still's book, Weimar Lugers.

--Dwight

Hello Mike C!

What date would you give to this s/n: 1836 l ? I do not have this book, unfortunately :(

Hi Jay and Juha! Why don�´t you read the first thread on this topic and send all the info to Dwight so he can add them to his data base, and Dwight- great work!

Hi Snakeman,

Info sent. Still need to know the date of the manufacture.

Juha

Juha, yours was manufactured in 1923 (assuming the suffix is lower-case "L").

Hello Don M,

Yes it is a lower case L. Thank you for the date info!

Juha