Commercial Luger date?

tugbrass1 · 10-29-2012, 07:38 AM

Hi,
MFC & Lugersrkewl,
The safety exposes the word "Gesichert" when pivoted.
The extractor shows the word "Geladin" when up.
And yes, there is a lower case cursive i stamped into both the barrel and the frame locations near the serial number stamps.
The C/N firing proofs are just as MFC described.
My "Lugers at Random" book is the 1st printing November 1969 version.
If I had a working camera, my Luger image would be indistinguishable from the picture on page 181 in the book "Lugers at Random".
All of the two digit serial number stampings are easy to see but "out of the way" on the sides or bottoms of the respective parts.
I hope this helps in determining the manufacturing date and location of the build facility.
Joe McHugh

10-29-2012, 07:38 AM	#9
tugbrass1 User Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 11 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Commercial Luger, age? Hi, MFC & Lugersrkewl, The safety exposes the word "Gesichert" when pivoted. The extractor shows the word "Geladin" when up. And yes, there is a lower case cursive i stamped into both the barrel and the frame locations near the serial number stamps. The C/N firing proofs are just as MFC described. My "Lugers at Random" book is the 1st printing November 1969 version. If I had a working camera, my Luger image would be indistinguishable from the picture on page 181 in the book "Lugers at Random". All of the two digit serial number stampings are easy to see but "out of the way" on the sides or bottoms of the respective parts. I hope this helps in determining the manufacturing date and location of the build facility. Joe McHugh