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Imperial Arms · 06-06-2007, 03:25 PM

Hello Ron,

Based on the information which Adrian provided to me, he told me that this pistol was found at a countryside ranch in Argentina many years ago which I believe (based on its current condition). In addition, the present owner is not knowledgeable about the 10,000 series Lugers, so I doubt he or someone else in Argentina would make a deliberate attempt to stamp a B-suffix on the pistol to pass it off as a prototype/demo. When Adrian told me about this Luger which belongs to a friend, he did not describe it to me as a prototype and, in fact, he was trying to gain more knowledge about it. If someone was going to stamp a B-suffix at the time the pistol was discovered, the stamp would have not create a halo around the character, but instead it would have exposed bare metal which I do not observe on this B-character.

It is my opinion that this Luger serial #10,010B is correct, and I can vouch that Adrian is an honest fellow who is helping a friend find information about this Luger. I am aware that there are some crooks in South America, but I believe that this Luger has never fallen in the wrong hands.

It is a fact that the 7" barrel Lugers were made before those few pistols with 'bull' barrels of various lengths in the 10,030B serial range, therefore, it is reasonable to assume that this pistol 10,010B is correct. I have recorded that Luger serial #10,010 is a Tangent Sight Luger with the engraved 'SP' initials on the chamber owned by Ralph (see MNL book), and another 7" barrel Luger with a fixed sight #10,010 (with the same serial number, which is strange) being owned by a collector in California. I strongly doubt that DWM would make two Lugers with the exact serial number. If I had to take a wild guess, the B-suffix pistols were made first followed by those pistols in the 10,000 (commercial) serial range without a suffix.

Albert

06-06-2007, 03:25 PM	#17
Imperial Arms Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Malta, EU Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Hello Ron, Based on the information which Adrian provided to me, he told me that this pistol was found at a countryside ranch in Argentina many years ago which I believe (based on its current condition). In addition, the present owner is not knowledgeable about the 10,000 series Lugers, so I doubt he or someone else in Argentina would make a deliberate attempt to stamp a B-suffix on the pistol to pass it off as a prototype/demo. When Adrian told me about this Luger which belongs to a friend, he did not describe it to me as a prototype and, in fact, he was trying to gain more knowledge about it. If someone was going to stamp a B-suffix at the time the pistol was discovered, the stamp would have not create a halo around the character, but instead it would have exposed bare metal which I do not observe on this B-character. It is my opinion that this Luger serial #10,010B is correct, and I can vouch that Adrian is an honest fellow who is helping a friend find information about this Luger. I am aware that there are some crooks in South America, but I believe that this Luger has never fallen in the wrong hands. It is a fact that the 7" barrel Lugers were made before those few pistols with 'bull' barrels of various lengths in the 10,030B serial range, therefore, it is reasonable to assume that this pistol 10,010B is correct. I have recorded that Luger serial #10,010 is a Tangent Sight Luger with the engraved 'SP' initials on the chamber owned by Ralph (see MNL book), and another 7" barrel Luger with a fixed sight #10,010 (with the same serial number, which is strange) being owned by a collector in California. I strongly doubt that DWM would make two Lugers with the exact serial number. If I had to take a wild guess, the B-suffix pistols were made first followed by those pistols in the 10,000 (commercial) serial range without a suffix. Albert