Tryin to figure out what I've got..

mrerick · 03-11-2012, 09:59 PM

The breech block was proofed with a crown over "N", which indicates that it was "Nitro" proofed for commercial sale.

There wasn't a date on top of these commercial Luger receivers.

If I'm reading it correctly, your Luger is serial number 8682f. I don't have my reference here, but that would put it somewhere in the early 1920s. My commercial with a "m" suffix was from 1923. Without references, I'd guess 1922.

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	The breech block was proofed with a crown over "N", which indicates that it was "Nitro" proofed for commercial sale. There wasn't a date on top of these commercial Luger receivers. If I'm reading it correctly, your Luger is serial number 8682f. I don't have my reference here, but that would put it somewhere in the early 1920s. My commercial with a "m" suffix was from 1923. Without references, I'd guess 1922. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.