My first Luger

[Big Norm]

George and Ron,
yes, there are 1917 LP-08's with front and rear adjustible sights.

"The sights of most guns PRIOR TO 1917 could be adjusted with set screws and capstan..."
The Luger Book By John Walter page 151

"Fine-tuned feature eliminated first on the front and then on the rear sight toward the end of 1917 production."
"Imperial Lugers and Their Accessories" by Jan Stills page 93

I thought that I had read someplace that the adjustible sights were removed from specifications after 1916. Maybe I assumed too much from Walters book. When I first started collecting, I took him as the final word. His book is good for small details. I had always thought that maybe the adjustible sights on the 1917 were just inventory reduction. So many lives were lost in the first two years of the war that maybe strict adherance to detail of specifications in production was not great.

I did learn something though. I never realized, until now, that the rear sight had the adjustment removed in later years. Since so many of my artillery lugers had it that I never thought much about looking for it. My 1918 has the rear adjustment gone and there is a serial number there instead.
Big Norm