Different eras,different answers.
Early lugers- frame numbered before bluing, barrel number after blue and proof of the pistol; hence the famous "ghosts" on barrel serial numbers.
Late Mausers- Both stamped before finish and finish is hot salt blued- I guess because the finish was not labor intensive- or fewer barrels failed during final inspection or ?
In between, probably lots of exceptions; as with all things luger- no "simple" black and white answer. JMHO.
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03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector.
Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie
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