Fredo,
The light stripes or checkering on the toggle knobs of a M1929 is not factory original...the gun sounds like a rework and someone had the patterning added to improve finger gripping of the knobs..probably not done by Ordnance arsenal...maybe a local gunsmith in CH.
The knobs should be smoooth with no checkering or striping of any kind to be factory original.
If you are looking for a shooter, you shoud not pay more than 50% of original finish value. In the USA, this one might be worth $ 900 as a nice shooter. I am not sure about pricing in Europe...but probably less.
If you are looking for a collection piece with investment value, this is not the gun to buy...
This was an Ordnance gun, but it never was given to/accepted by the retiring Swiss soldier...so never received the P-release stamping. Probably went back to the arsenal and was eventually sold to the public when the luger was officially replaced by the SIG 9 mm pistol...
The P-stamp occurs when a soldier retires and he decides to accept and take the gun home. Some soldiers did not want their guns to take home, so they went back to the arsenal for issuance to the next soldier or remained in inventory and was not re-issued.
With that late serial number, this gun should also probably have black pastic grips and magazine bottom...not the dark prown color.
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