Final Proof or Serial Number - which first?

DonVoigt · 09-04-2017, 09:08 PM

Different eras,different answers.

Early lugers- frame numbered before bluing, barrel number after blue and proof of the pistol; hence the famous "ghosts" on barrel serial numbers.

Late Mausers- Both stamped before finish and finish is hot salt blued- I guess because the finish was not labor intensive- or fewer barrels failed during final inspection or ?

In between, probably lots of exceptions; as with all things luger- no "simple" black and white answer. JMHO.

09-04-2017, 09:08 PM	#12
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	Different eras,different answers. Early lugers- frame numbered before bluing, barrel number after blue and proof of the pistol; hence the famous "ghosts" on barrel serial numbers. Late Mausers- Both stamped before finish and finish is hot salt blued- I guess because the finish was not labor intensive- or fewer barrels failed during final inspection or ? In between, probably lots of exceptions; as with all things luger- no "simple" black and white answer. JMHO. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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