New Member With First Artillery Luger

mrerick · 05-04-2022, 05:28 PM

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your Artillery Luger.

If it's any consolation, I've seen serial number die overstamping before. I have one from Mauser in 1936.

It's possible that a factory worker picked up the wrong die, stamped the number digit, realized the error and then overstamped the correct digit.

That said, there is quite a bit of damage around the attached barrel serial number area, and the receiver sits proud of the frame, which sometimes indicates that the frame was manipulated in this area.

05-04-2022, 05:28 PM	#8
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your Artillery Luger. If it's any consolation, I've seen serial number die overstamping before. I have one from Mauser in 1936. It's possible that a factory worker picked up the wrong die, stamped the number digit, realized the error and then overstamped the correct digit. That said, there is quite a bit of damage around the attached barrel serial number area, and the receiver sits proud of the frame, which sometimes indicates that the frame was manipulated in this area. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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