[quote]Originally posted by Rick in VA:
<strong>Hello everyone.I recently inherited a luger and after reading the forum,I'm sure I have a commercial model. Rick</strong><hr></blockquote>
Rick, your Luger is a commercial model as witnessed by the C/N proofs and no date. I'm guessing the caliber at 7.65mm (.30 caliber) and barrel length at 3 7/8 inches or 98mm as measured from closed breechface to muzzle. I also suspect that the last two digits of the serial number are stamped on the underside of the take-down lever (locking bolt) and sideplate and can be seen by turning the pistol over.
The "i" suffix makes it an early post-WW1 commercial and is what Jan Still has termed an "Alphabet Luger". It's a commercial pistol and marked commercially expect that the serial number has a suffix letter like a military pistol would ordinarily have. This manner of serial numbering was peculiar to post-WW1 DWM commercial pistols.
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