Jan Stills lists all serial numbers as having a small cap suffiz of 'v'. If George says that there is one known 1917 LP08, I will not challenge that. In John Walters book 'The Luger Book' pg 246, he states that these were old DWM parts transferred to Orberndorf in 1930. What he means by parts (finished or unfinished), I don't know. All of Jans pictures show a dated 1936 or 1937 on the chamber. This seller expects big money for his gun and so I think that he shouldn't be so chinsy with pictures. I want to see pictures of the chamber date and the middle toggle. Sam mentions that this is a 1917. The barrel has been obviously changed (different serial numbers). Stills says that all Siamese Lugers came out of Mauser. So there should be a Mauser banner on the middle toggle. I don't know what ALL the marks mean on the back of the gun, but they are different from the marks on the rear of my gun. George might very well be right, but my own feeling are, when in doubt... I pass. Too many questions here.
Big Norm
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