my profile |
register |
faq |
search upload photo | donate | calendar |
|
10-07-2020, 12:38 PM | #1 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 99
Thanks: 244
Thanked 95 Times in 37 Posts
|
G date Luger- Do the serial numbers look "funky"?
I am considering buying a "G" (1935) Luger but the fonts on the serial numbers look odd to me.
Will you experts please comment on the pistol? Last edited by Vlim; 10-08-2020 at 02:25 PM. |
10-07-2020, 01:00 PM | #2 |
Moderator
Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Europe
Posts: 5,047
Thanks: 1,034
Thanked 3,947 Times in 1,198 Posts
|
I think the side plate and the gun did not leave Mauser at the same time.
|
The following 4 members says Thank You to Vlim for your post: |
10-07-2020, 01:34 PM | #3 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 99
Thanks: 244
Thanked 95 Times in 37 Posts
|
Last edited by Vlim; 10-08-2020 at 02:26 PM. |
10-07-2020, 01:51 PM | #4 |
Moderator
Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Europe
Posts: 5,047
Thanks: 1,034
Thanked 3,947 Times in 1,198 Posts
|
Shallow markings suggest a reblue.
The mag tube is of a post war 1970s Mauser Parabellum. |
The following 3 members says Thank You to Vlim for your post: |
10-07-2020, 07:01 PM | #5 |
Super Moderator - Patron
LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA
Posts: 3,900
Thanks: 1,372
Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts
|
The magazine base is likely renumbered.
What's the number on the inside of the trigger side plate?
__________________
Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war. |
The following member says Thank You to mrerick for your post: |
10-07-2020, 07:03 PM | #6 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 99
Thanks: 244
Thanked 95 Times in 37 Posts
|
|
10-08-2020, 02:24 PM | #7 |
Moderator
Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Europe
Posts: 5,047
Thanks: 1,034
Thanked 3,947 Times in 1,198 Posts
|
Here is another G-date example.
The G itself is very shallow and the side plate does look a bit 'off' on these. Note the slight jump in the side plate serial number placement. All things considered, I think the side plate on the OP's luger is force matched to this gun. |
The following 2 members says Thank You to Vlim for your post: |
10-08-2020, 03:28 PM | #8 |
Always A
Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,415
Thanks: 225
Thanked 2,594 Times in 931 Posts
|
I respectfully dissent from the views expressed above, the OP's G date looks authentic to me. The photo below is of G Date #9324a, the 4's look identical to those on the side plate in question.
Norm |
The following 2 members says Thank You to Norme for your post: |
10-08-2020, 08:50 PM | #9 |
User
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: near Charlotte NC
Posts: 4,678
Thanks: 1,441
Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts
|
On the OP pistol, only the side plate has a 4 with a cross bar on the bottom; the rest do not have a
bar. The OP could look inside the side plate for the first two digits of the serial number( they will either be "35" or one digit higher".
__________________
03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie |
The following 2 members says Thank You to DonVoigt for your post: |
10-08-2020, 09:40 PM | #10 |
Lifetime Forum
Patron Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose.
Posts: 640
Thanks: 339
Thanked 1,147 Times in 382 Posts
|
Another "G" date for comparison. About the same condition as the OP's pistol. And I would note that the "4" with the crossbar is plainly evident on the serial number at the front of the frame, and it seems to be present on the bottom of the barrel as well.
|
The following 2 members says Thank You to gunbugs for your post: |
|
|