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Originally Posted by 34SF
Can someone tell me what the under-case "i" or "l" stamp on the underside of the barrel means, please?
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It is the "suffix" letter of the serial number, and is part of the serial number marking, strictly speaking.
Each year started with 1 for military lugers, went to 10000 without a suffix, then 1 to 10000 with "a", and so on down to "i" and in large production years even farther.
If the number/letter on the barrel is not the same as the number/letter on the front of the frame, it is mis-matched.
Small parts had only the last 2 digits of the number.
But then not all barrels had the suffix stamped, and some didn't even have the number applied.
Maybe you really should buy a book or read a lot of the old threads here.
Start with the stickys, there is a good one for newcomers to the
luger forum, they are at the top of the list of sub forums or in the New collector forum.