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Ron Wood · 05-09-2003, 03:59 PM

Hi Ron,

The individual that told you that was misinformed or made it up. If that was true, you would never see a letter beyond "l", and there are lots of Lugers out there sometimes with letters clear up to "z". The small letter just indicates an increment of 10,000. So if you see a Luger with, for example, a serial number of 8875c, it actually equates to 38,875. Serial numbering started with 1 at the beginning of a model year and were numbered up to 9999 (sometimes 10000)then it started back at 1a and progressed trough the alphabet as far as the number of Lugers produced that year required. The process of starting at 1 was repeated again the next year. This applies to military Lugers. Commercial Lugers were sequentially numbered without the small letter.

Regards
Ron Wood

Sorry, I jumped in there and before I got my answer completed, John had already taken care of it. Apologies

05-09-2003, 03:59 PM	#7
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,123 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Hi Ron, The individual that told you that was misinformed or made it up. If that was true, you would never see a letter beyond "l", and there are lots of Lugers out there sometimes with letters clear up to "z". The small letter just indicates an increment of 10,000. So if you see a Luger with, for example, a serial number of 8875c, it actually equates to 38,875. Serial numbering started with 1 at the beginning of a model year and were numbered up to 9999 (sometimes 10000)then it started back at 1a and progressed trough the alphabet as far as the number of Lugers produced that year required. The process of starting at 1 was repeated again the next year. This applies to military Lugers. Commercial Lugers were sequentially numbered without the small letter. Regards Ron Wood Sorry, I jumped in there and before I got my answer completed, John had already taken care of it. Apologies __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction