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05-12-2009, 07:50 PM | #1 |
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Help me figure out which Old German letter this is please.
Hello, just got my first Luger (DWM commercial .30 Luger) and cannot for the life of me figure out what the letter after my serial # is. Is it a T or an R. Looks like a bird to me!
Thanks in advance for any help. Michael Last edited by squint; 05-13-2009 at 03:27 AM. |
05-12-2009, 10:07 PM | #2 |
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From here it looks like a cursive "K"
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05-12-2009, 10:16 PM | #3 |
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it's a K
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05-13-2009, 02:13 AM | #4 |
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Looks like the Luger took the better part of your piggy bank !!!
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Thanks everyone. It did take a decent chunk out of the piggy bank!
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05-13-2009, 03:53 PM | #6 |
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Defintely a "K"
I concur that this is a "K"
Here is a cut from the Technical Information pages of the website:
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Some more photos - just shot and cleaned it.
She's a little rough but she's mine. After taking it down I found that the bolt # doesn't match. I restained the grips after cleaning them because they looked pretty bad. Since it is a shooter I didn't think I would be hurting anything.
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05-21-2009, 07:26 PM | #8 |
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matching...
Hi Squint, Hey, you didn't say if the bolt was un-numbered or the wrong number, as not all 1920 bolts were numbered?? Un-numbered breechblocks are not all that tough to find... and perhaps you could at least make it correct?? BTW, what did you use to stain the grips with.. they look great and probably helped it a bit... nice gun... best to you, til...lat'r...GT
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05-21-2009, 07:34 PM | #9 |
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After I cleaned them with a little dish soap and a soft toothbrush I used some Chestnut Ridge Supply dark walnut military stock stain on them. There was a lot of staining on the wood that I couldn't get out so I thought dark was the way to go. I put two coats of tung oil on top of it.
The breechblock is numbered 43 and the rest of the gun is numbered 38. Thanks |
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