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bill m · 07-18-2001, 09:37 PM

Hi,

Something is not right here. Artillery Lugers dated 1918 were all military acceptance proofed. To have two that are not military acceptance marked in any way is not correct for a military artillery. That leaves a couple of options: (1) that these have been messed with, or (2) that they are both post WWI reworks for the commercial market, but they more than likely should be marked Germany or have C/N commercial proofs. And if a rework that took off all the acceptance marks, why wouldn't they take off the date also? What is the date on the holster and why is it serial numbered to the gun? I'd like to hear where these two Lugers came from and who had them. I have never heard of any 1918 "last ditch Lugers", without any acceptance proofs, so I highly doubt that these are original issue guns.

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07-18-2001, 09:37 PM	#8
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: serial numbers, ids, etc on artillery luger Hi, Something is not right here. Artillery Lugers dated 1918 were all military acceptance proofed. To have two that are not military acceptance marked in any way is not correct for a military artillery. That leaves a couple of options: (1) that these have been messed with, or (2) that they are both post WWI reworks for the commercial market, but they more than likely should be marked Germany or have C/N commercial proofs. And if a rework that took off all the acceptance marks, why wouldn't they take off the date also? What is the date on the holster and why is it serial numbered to the gun? I'd like to hear where these two Lugers came from and who had them. I have never heard of any 1918 "last ditch Lugers", without any acceptance proofs, so I highly doubt that these are original issue guns. .