Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin

Luke · 07-05-2001, 05:09 AM

Does anyone know what the practice was with regard to placing the last two digits of the serial number on the rear toggle connecting pin? I have seen it both ways.

It occurs to me that, in field stipping a Luger, this pin and the trigger plate are the parts most likely to get lost, especially under battlefield conditions. Could this account for the connecting pins with no serial number?

07-05-2001, 08:42 AM

Luke, It's been my observation that ALL Mauser military production PO8 have the numbered rear axel and that only those DWMs and Erfurts that were reworked, also have it.

Luke · 07-05-2001, 08:57 AM

Thank you, Tom. That is consistent with my (admittedly, limited) observation and makes sense. Probably Mauser started adding the serial # to that pin some time between WW-I and WW-II, but I have not found a reference which verifies.

07-05-2001, 05:09 AM	#1
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 7 Posts	Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin Does anyone know what the practice was with regard to placing the last two digits of the serial number on the rear toggle connecting pin? I have seen it both ways. It occurs to me that, in field stipping a Luger, this pin and the trigger plate are the parts most likely to get lost, especially under battlefield conditions. Could this account for the connecting pins with no serial number?

07-05-2001, 08:42 AM	#2
tom h Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin Luke, It's been my observation that ALL Mauser military production PO8 have the numbered rear axel and that only those DWMs and Erfurts that were reworked, also have it.

07-05-2001, 08:57 AM	#3
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin Thank you, Tom. That is consistent with my (admittedly, limited) observation and makes sense. Probably Mauser started adding the serial # to that pin some time between WW-I and WW-II, but I have not found a reference which verifies.