Fearful to post serial numbers!

GerColctor · 04-09-2007, 08:26 PM

Law enforcement agencies that run a Luger's serial number through the NCIC system will often get a "hit" based upon the serial number that it was stolen. The serial numbers on Lugers are repeated many times during the 42 years they were made, so the one that was stolen and reported to the police years ago may not be the one in question.

Most Lugers that are reported stolen often do not have the letter suffix included with the serial number in the report or the computer system, nor do they have the chamber date if military. Many owners and the investigating police officers do not realize the importance of this identifying information [the suffix letter].

Most Lugers and P-38s in the NCIC system do not even have the manufacturer's name, as nobody but collectors can understand the letter codes. Checking directly with the police agency that submitted the stolen report to NCIC, they often do not have this basic info in their original complaint record.

I am sure that many of guns have been sold from reputable gun shops, that do not specialize in German military weapons, where the correct letter suffix was not included in the required paperwork, if a suffix was recorded at all. A lot of folks, including collectors cannot accuratly read which lower case German script letter was stamped onto the gun.

It is very important that collectors of German military Lugers, P-38s, K98k rifles record the manufacturer's name, the chamber date and the suffix letter, along with the serial number and keep it in a safe location.

lew, I don't think you have much to worry about concerning someone making a claim that the Luger you currently own was stolen from them and they have the detailed police documentation to prove it.
Joe

04-09-2007, 08:26 PM	#6
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 315 Thanks: 2 Thanked 48 Times in 31 Posts	Law enforcement agencies that run a Luger's serial number through the NCIC system will often get a "hit" based upon the serial number that it was stolen. The serial numbers on Lugers are repeated many times during the 42 years they were made, so the one that was stolen and reported to the police years ago may not be the one in question. Most Lugers that are reported stolen often do not have the letter suffix included with the serial number in the report or the computer system, nor do they have the chamber date if military. Many owners and the investigating police officers do not realize the importance of this identifying information [the suffix letter]. Most Lugers and P-38s in the NCIC system do not even have the manufacturer's name, as nobody but collectors can understand the letter codes. Checking directly with the police agency that submitted the stolen report to NCIC, they often do not have this basic info in their original complaint record. I am sure that many of guns have been sold from reputable gun shops, that do not specialize in German military weapons, where the correct letter suffix was not included in the required paperwork, if a suffix was recorded at all. A lot of folks, including collectors cannot accuratly read which lower case German script letter was stamped onto the gun. It is very important that collectors of German military Lugers, P-38s, K98k rifles record the manufacturer's name, the chamber date and the suffix letter, along with the serial number and keep it in a safe location. lew, I don't think you have much to worry about concerning someone making a claim that the Luger you currently own was stolen from them and they have the detailed police documentation to prove it. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.