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Edward Tinker · 03-06-2003, 09:43 PM

Cincylance, welcome to the forum!

Barrel length for war time guns were usually either just under four inches and eight inches. Four inch was the standard length and for what is commonly called the Artillery Luger it was eight inches. Its true name is Lange Luger, lange meaning long in German.

I used to have a mismatch, much as yours, the top half was one gun, the bottom another.

This is probably obvious, many still call the two sets of numbers, double dates, the thinking was that they were reworked on two occasions. Actually the 1914 is the date of manufacture and the 1920 is a property acceptance stamp by the Reichswehr, this was to try and prevent the weapon from turning up missing, much like our US Govâ??t stamps on some 45 ACP 1911â??s.

The S.L. POL. 1892 I will have to look up, maybe someone else will have a book handy that has this information.

Ed

03-06-2003, 09:43 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	Cincylance, welcome to the forum! Barrel length for war time guns were usually either just under four inches and eight inches. Four inch was the standard length and for what is commonly called the Artillery Luger it was eight inches. Its true name is Lange Luger, lange meaning long in German. I used to have a mismatch, much as yours, the top half was one gun, the bottom another. This is probably obvious, many still call the two sets of numbers, double dates, the thinking was that they were reworked on two occasions. Actually the 1914 is the date of manufacture and the 1920 is a property acceptance stamp by the Reichswehr, this was to try and prevent the weapon from turning up missing, much like our US Govâ??t stamps on some 45 ACP 1911â??s. The S.L. POL. 1892 I will have to look up, maybe someone else will have a book handy that has this information. Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV