A new one inbound; Questions from the group?

Big Norm · 08-17-2002, 02:38 AM

Lugerdoc,
I have this gut feeling that this gun was totally assembled from the spare parts bins. My reasoning is that the barrel has a serial number and a nitro proof on its underside and the lettering in the serial number are the proper size. But the front of the frame and the rear of the rear toggle have serial numbers that are larger than normal in comparision to a war year naval Luger but both are the same size. I think that they were numbered at the same time. Contrary to Lugers at Random (page 182), my Luger has nitro marks but no military marks. I can not explain the bluing being a tad thin on the barrel and the alignment marks not being right, they clearly were done separately. But, this is a fine example on a post war 1920 commercial navy Luger. Its a beaut.
Big Norm <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />

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08-17-2002, 02:38 AM	#13
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Lugerdoc, I have this gut feeling that this gun was totally assembled from the spare parts bins. My reasoning is that the barrel has a serial number and a nitro proof on its underside and the lettering in the serial number are the proper size. But the front of the frame and the rear of the rear toggle have serial numbers that are larger than normal in comparision to a war year naval Luger but both are the same size. I think that they were numbered at the same time. Contrary to Lugers at Random (page 182), my Luger has nitro marks but no military marks. I can not explain the bluing being a tad thin on the barrel and the alignment marks not being right, they clearly were done separately. But, this is a fine example on a post war 1920 commercial navy Luger. Its a beaut. Big Norm <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />