serial number question

Mac Cat · 08-17-2025, 08:17 PM

That non-suffix batch were issued in March 1940. (G&S page 865 - red set)
While they don't say which suffix, there were about 10,000 Lugers issued each month.
The Y and Z suffix were left overs from 1939, so the no suffix came out in the spring.
Mauser didn't reset at the beginning of the new year - the war was in going on.

Jim_C. · 08-17-2025, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac Cat

That non-suffix batch were issued in March 1940. (G&S page 865)
While they don't say which suffix, there were about 10,000 Lugers issued each month.
The Y and Z suffix were left overs from 1939, so the no suffix came out in the spring.
Mauser didn't reset at the beginning of the new year - the war was in going on.

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Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 769 Thanks: 2,188 Thanked 656 Times in 350 Posts	That non-suffix batch were issued in March 1940. (G&S page 865 - red set) While they don't say which suffix, there were about 10,000 Lugers issued each month. The Y and Z suffix were left overs from 1939, so the no suffix came out in the spring. Mauser didn't reset at the beginning of the new year - the war was in going on.