Some help with a Commercial?

Ron Wood · 03-23-2008, 10:48 PM

Barry,
Yes, you are correct...as Ed has indicated, commercial lugers manufactured in the 1920's used the alphabetic characters as part of their serial number. The commercial style of a 5-digit serial number was closing in on 6 digits. Rather than going to 6 digits the "alphabet" series of commercials picked up with the letter "i" (the ninth letter in the alphabet indicating a block of 10,000 guns) therefore a Luger in this series would be numbered "xxxx i" (or production number 9x,xxx). So your gun's serial number 7305k is effectively 117,305.

03-23-2008, 10:48 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	Barry, Yes, you are correct...as Ed has indicated, commercial lugers manufactured in the 1920's used the alphabetic characters as part of their serial number. The commercial style of a 5-digit serial number was closing in on 6 digits. Rather than going to 6 digits the "alphabet" series of commercials picked up with the letter "i" (the ninth letter in the alphabet indicating a block of 10,000 guns) therefore a Luger in this series would be numbered "xxxx i" (or production number 9x,xxx). So your gun's serial number 7305k is effectively 117,305. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction