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Dwight Gruber · 10-28-2003, 10:14 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by saxman:
Also, I wonder what the suffix is on the serial number. Wouldn't the serial number be 5-digit if it was made post-WWI as a commercial?<hr /></blockquote>Not necessarily. Inter-war Commercials ran into 5-digit serial numbers until the 92,000 range; they then converted to the 4-digit/suffix military style known now as "Alphabet Commercial", starting with 2000i about the middle of 1921 (Still, "Weimar Lugers", pp13-15).

--Dwight

10-28-2003, 10:14 AM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by saxman: <strong>Also, I wonder what the suffix is on the serial number. Wouldn't the serial number be 5-digit if it was made post-WWI as a commercial?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Not necessarily. Inter-war Commercials ran into 5-digit serial numbers until the 92,000 range; they then converted to the 4-digit/suffix military style known now as "Alphabet Commercial", starting with 2000i about the middle of 1921 (Still, "Weimar Lugers", pp13-15). --Dwight