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Edward Tinker · 02-02-2013, 06:08 PM

I think parts of it were reblued. The lettering on the underside of the barrel is pretty faint looking to me.

Many folks will talk about a gun like this as being refurbished or arsenal redone. This is always possible, but the strawed parts would be strawed and there would be markings showing it was refurbed. A later barrel would be marked by the arsenal or maker marking (such as an eagle 6) - the suffix WOULD be the same for the barrel and the frame. But that suffix looks too low to me?

It is possible that a previous owner had a luger or two that were post 1937 and thought that they should be blued and thus had them blued, and /or that they were steel colored and thus they tried to fix them.

What we are seeing is a commercial luger that went into police service. The unit marking book for WW1 army, I have up for sale written by Jeff Noll. For Police unit markings, either Don's book or ours....

Ed

02-02-2013, 06:08 PM	#29
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,607 Times in 2,123 Posts	I think parts of it were reblued. The lettering on the underside of the barrel is pretty faint looking to me. Many folks will talk about a gun like this as being refurbished or arsenal redone. This is always possible, but the strawed parts would be strawed and there would be markings showing it was refurbed. A later barrel would be marked by the arsenal or maker marking (such as an eagle 6) - the suffix WOULD be the same for the barrel and the frame. But that suffix looks too low to me? It is possible that a previous owner had a luger or two that were post 1937 and thought that they should be blued and thus had them blued, and /or that they were steel colored and thus they tried to fix them. What we are seeing is a commercial luger that went into police service. The unit marking book for WW1 army, I have up for sale written by Jeff Noll. For Police unit markings, either Don's book or ours.... Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV