Swiss side plate

Ron Wood · 06-18-2014, 12:36 PM

I would second Marc's (mrerick) comments. My W+F Bern is marked as his right down to the upside down side plate number. A side plate stamped with three numbers is the exception rather than the rule. The reason for three numbers is not exactly known. Popular theory is that a production run of guns exceeded 100 therefore there were two guns with the same last two digits of the serial number, so one of them was marked with three digits to differentiate it from the other.

06-18-2014, 12:36 PM	#1
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: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	I would second Marc's (mrerick) comments. My W+F Bern is marked as his right down to the upside down side plate number. A side plate stamped with three numbers is the exception rather than the rule. The reason for three numbers is not exactly known. Popular theory is that a production run of guns exceeded 100 therefore there were two guns with the same last two digits of the serial number, so one of them was marked with three digits to differentiate it from the other. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction