Help needed to identify Luger

drbuster · 09-04-2010, 01:57 PM

Interesting pistol indeed! It has the short frame, grip safety, stock lug and GESICHERT marked in the lower position. I've seen this combination without the stock lug with some so-called "i" series commercial lugers. The four digit serial number with suffix would seem to exclude it from the 1913 commercial series (70,000 serial range). The suffix letter is hard to make out but I wouldn't be surprised to find it is an "i". This is surely a nice example of the "anything goes" post WW1 commercial luger. The price, IMO, is reasonable.

09-04-2010, 01:57 PM	#5
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Interesting pistol indeed! It has the short frame, grip safety, stock lug and GESICHERT marked in the lower position. I've seen this combination without the stock lug with some so-called "i" series commercial lugers. The four digit serial number with suffix would seem to exclude it from the 1913 commercial series (70,000 serial range). The suffix letter is hard to make out but I wouldn't be surprised to find it is an "i". This is surely a nice example of the "anything goes" post WW1 commercial luger. The price, IMO, is reasonable.