Hello Panda,
Yes, you are correct...
V. Bobba's book on Swiss luger on pages 82-83 even shows # 1420...a M1900 Swiss luger with such stampings...so it seems to have gone even higher that # 1000...
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />