Ok boys--you asked for it--here it is....
!st off Wes--there is no way that one can buy a luger and then trgret the purchase and have to sell it. If you have a love fun guns then that is out of the question. I may not be super knowledgable on lugers but I love to collect (with a very limited account) and love to shoot.
I have bee shootin' since age 11 and am now 48.
I own 32 guns(pistols-rifles-shotguns-black powder--old and modern) That is 37 years and have NRver sold a gun.
Here are all the marks I can find on the gun (and that's using an eye loop).
DMW German Luger Serial number 5011 caliber .30 luger On the left side of the receiver A crown with an N under it---This crown denotes a very early proof mark Under the safety the word Gesichert On top of the receiver DWM (in very fancy scroll letters) {these pistols were manufactured from 1900 to 1906 and 1906 to 1930}[DWM merged with Mauser in 1930] In front of receiver 5011 (serial number{note:this serial number was manufactured in 1906)
Inside the frame (just above the trigger) â??Sâ?? On the underside of the barrel: A crown N 5011 On the (left) side plate (under the receiver release) 11
Inside the side plate 7
here are some pictures
