ID of Dad's Luger - Year/Commerical?

OldCuber · 04-30-2008, 05:47 PM

Ed and JS,
Below are the fotos of the magazine and of some ammo that was stored with the pistol. Note the ammo in the top box has two stars and 11 and 50 stamped on them. From an ammo site I'm guessing Chinese?, 1950. Notice too that the 5 lower shells look like they were struck by the firing pin but did not fire! Don't think I'll try these...unless the firing spring may be weak in the Luger.

The other box is near full with BFD and 53 stamped on them. From the ammo site it looks like BFD stands for Bombrini Parodi Delfino, Rome, Italy! I think all 50 are in the box.

However, I'll get some from Wal-Mart to test fire.

Any more guess as to the date? It's really hard for me anyway to tell if a date over the breech was really there and removed or originally blank.
Thanks,
Jim

04-30-2008, 05:47 PM	#9
OldCuber User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ed and JS, Below are the fotos of the magazine and of some ammo that was stored with the pistol. Note the ammo in the top box has two stars and 11 and 50 stamped on them. From an ammo site I'm guessing Chinese?, 1950. Notice too that the 5 lower shells look like they were struck by the firing pin but did not fire! Don't think I'll try these...unless the firing spring may be weak in the Luger. The other box is near full with BFD and 53 stamped on them. From the ammo site it looks like BFD stands for Bombrini Parodi Delfino, Rome, Italy! I think all 50 are in the box. However, I'll get some from Wal-Mart to test fire. Any more guess as to the date? It's really hard for me anyway to tell if a date over the breech was really there and removed or originally blank. Thanks, Jim