[John Sabato]

Welcome to the Lugerforum Vic.

I have a few minutes so let me help...I guess it really depends on how much you want to know.

Finland ordered approximately 8000 M1923 7.65mm Lugers from DWM (Deutsche Waffen und Munitionfabriken) between the years 1923 and 1930. Many were refurbished at a later time and some were converted to 9mm and ended up being parkerized. The barrels used during refurbishment were made by Tikka, and were quite good barrels.

Your black plastic grips are not original to the gun. They were issued with wooden grips, and many had a brass disk inletted into the right grip where army unit markings were stamped. The black plastic grips on your gun may actually be Mauser WW2 production during the 1941-42 time frame and if in good condition are worth about $100-$150 to collectors of such things.

The "SA" is the Finnish Army marking. The Crown over "N" is a commercial manufacturing proof.

Most of these guns were in well used condition by the time they were released for public sales, but a few survived in very good condition.

This information was sourced from: "The Luger Book" by John Walter, pages 112-115. This book should be available in your local public library system, and is frequently offered on ebay.

I hope this was helpful...