Barrel Serial Number...Suffix...?

Pete Ebbink · 11-24-2002, 01:31 PM

Both my 1918 LP-08 and my 1920 Commerical police lugers have the suffix on the barrel. My 1913 Erfurt, my 4'1 bfy, and my other 1920 Commerical do not.

But I have seen lots of lugers at gun shows that do and don't; so I could not get a sense of any rules.

Dwight is correct; most of the good luger books seldom show the underside barrel views, so it is hard to tell from these book...

I was hoping there might be some "fast & true" rules; that could be used to determine if a luger was messed with depending on if it should have a barrel suffix or not...just another aid for authenticity checking...

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

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11-24-2002, 01:31 PM	#13
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Both my 1918 LP-08 and my 1920 Commerical police lugers have the suffix on the barrel. My 1913 Erfurt, my 4'1 bfy, and my other 1920 Commerical do not. But I have seen lots of lugers at gun shows that do and don't; so I could not get a sense of any rules. Dwight is correct; most of the good luger books seldom show the underside barrel views, so it is hard to tell from these book... I was hoping there might be some "fast & true" rules; that could be used to determine if a luger was messed with depending on if it should have a barrel suffix or not...just another aid for authenticity checking... Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />