1908 Commercial~
 

The last pre-war luger~

Your going to wear these out showing pictures. Cheers Bill

1908 DWM Military~ note the front of the holster was supposed to be dyed black although to owner only dyed one side!

Bill I hear your concern~ These are new photographs of the last commercial prewar and first miltary for comparison! Very very important distinction! I have never posted these lugers side by side! Its revelant and educational! I invite you and others to take a more part and post your significant knowlege and relevent luger examples for all to share! Thank You For Your Alway Valuable posts and Critiques! I encourage you and others to post some your favorites also! We are all here to learn, teach and enjoy our luger addition! Eric~

I appreciate your posting these, but honestly I don't see any difference except the holster and the magazine bottom. I'm a new guy, could you point out the important differences?

There are no big differences, if you could see the markings and numbering- that is where you could see differences.

Thanks!

Thank you Don~one has a single commercial proof and the army has three military proofs as shown below, Eric~

Whoa there, big fella! :D I took Bill's post to be a good-natured ribbing of your picture posts! I like your pics and wish you'd do more detailed photo disassembly essays of your little-known Lugers (the Fat Man, for example). ;)

Close-ups of proofs, inspectors stamps, machine tool markings, the inside of the inner workings are especially interesting, of the older rarer Lugers...Did you notice that there are inspection stamps inside the magazine well??? :)

Every time I take anything apart, because of my stroke, I break or lose a part! Debby Yells At Me! While I'm testing these 2 favorite, I'm posting these 2 Eagles as they are my most sacred and historical~Yes I'm showing off a little! Forgive Me Please!

Eric, According to Kenyon's Lugers at Random, your commerical with the horizonal C/N proofing, would be classified as a M1914 commerical and should be in the 71500 to 73500 serial range. Only about 2,000 of these made. TH

I checked the serial # Its higher~

Tom, 1914 commercials have a stock lug. Eric's pistol is a second proof type 1908 commercial.

Nice. Does it have the private marking inside the magwell, and did it come with an unmarked commmercial mag?

It Is A Unmarked Commercial Magazine~
 

I was wondering, what is rarer and more valuable or rarer? Commercial or Military?