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Unread 11-17-2008, 09:16 PM   #6
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Breeze,
Looking at your 2nd picture it appears that the serial number is 182k. If this is the case, than the number 82 not 81 should be stamped on various locations on the gun. The k suffix puts it at the end of luger production in 1942 for the German military.

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