I am among those who like to keep the serial numbers of my handguns a "secret." Perhaps I am becoming paranoid what with the extremist nature of gun control here in California. Of course, California has had defacto registration for many years, and every handgun I have ever purchased has the serial number clearly noted on the form 4473. Still and all, I would rather make them work for it and rather not give the gun-grabbers any additional help.
That said, I can't see any harm in bending this hard and fast rule with respect to the few Lugers I own. As John so rightly pointed out, if and when I post pictures the serial numbers will be clearly visible enough.
As long as we are on the subject, I have a 1939 s/42, serial number 6294r. Jan Still's book shows the transition from 1939 s/42 to 1939 42 as being 6000r. My gun confirms this upper limit. But I wonder if anyone has been able to determine where in the 6000's for the r-block the s/42's ceased to be produced. It would be interesting to know.
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