Hi George,
Welcome aboard and thanks for posting your Swiss beauty.
I think I see your M1929 serial number from your photo as # 746xx.
From V. Bobba's great book about Swiss Lugers, your luger was made in 1944 when 5,800 lugers were made that year by the Swiss in Bern.
It appears your very nice M1929 Swiss holster is dated either '44 or '45...so that is a nice match as well.
BTW...if you disassemble your luger and remove the receiver from the frame, look down into the front frame well (where the take-down lever shaft runs through).
You should see a number stamping such as 8.44. In this example. "8.44" would mean your luger was made in August, 1944.
Let us know what numbers you see.
The Model M1929 Swiss luger made by Bern was their attempt to redesign the luger to reduce production time and costs. Many attributes changed in comparison to the older M1906-style luger.
Some Swiss shooters believe the M1929, even with the "ugly" revisions some folks call them, to be the most accurate-shooting luger ever made.
BTW...I understand this group buy from Andrew Zink came through the Big Leroy's gun shop in Montana for importation into the USA. If you do not mind, could you post a photo showing how this gun shop "import stamps" such Swiss lugers. I would like to see this to see how the stampings are done and where they are placed...in case I want to bring one into the UAS as well.
Finally...would you mind indicated what this M1929 luger purchase cost you, totally, to your door ? I am not being nosey...just trying to help other LF Members know if there are enough price-savings to go through the importation-process and time and whether the costs-savings would be worth having a luger with importer's stampings or not...
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