Matching numbers on 1920 commercial

Major Tom · 04-08-2017, 08:22 AM

I have this pistol which has matching numbers on a great many parts, but not all parts are numbered. Un-numbered parts like the safety lever, take down lever, big pin on rear of toggle, etc. Were these pistols numbered like the earlier pistols? As in a number on everything?

ithacaartist · 04-08-2017, 03:37 PM

Tom, there's a sticky or FAQ addressing this somewhere. Generally speaking, Commercials had the same numbered parts as Military or other contracts, it's just that they were numbered more discreetly--on the bottoms or other not-so-visible areas.

spacecoast · 04-09-2017, 08:02 AM

My experience is that the Alphabet Commercials are not numbered on as many parts as the WWI military guns. Unnumbered sear bar, safety bar, hold open, safety lever, grips, firing pin/retainer and magazine come to mind. I don't even have the breech block or front toggle link noted as numbered on mine - will have to check.

mrerick · 04-09-2017, 06:04 PM

The FAQ document is indexed and text searchable.

You'll find the writeup on page 19-20.

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,401 Thanks: 7,558 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Tom, there's a sticky or FAQ addressing this somewhere. Generally speaking, Commercials had the same numbered parts as Military or other contracts, it's just that they were numbered more discreetly--on the bottoms or other not-so-visible areas. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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spacecoast User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: FL and PA Posts: 332 Thanks: 276 Thanked 243 Times in 109 Posts	My experience is that the Alphabet Commercials are not numbered on as many parts as the WWI military guns. Unnumbered sear bar, safety bar, hold open, safety lever, grips, firing pin/retainer and magazine come to mind. I don't even have the breech block or front toggle link noted as numbered on mine - will have to check. __________________ My avatars are the Bulgarian word for "Fire", as seen on my 1900, 1906 and 1908 Bulgarian Contract DWM Lugers. Looking for a DWM Commercial side plate #95

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	The FAQ document is indexed and text searchable. You'll find the writeup on page 19-20. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.