Portuguese M2 question

[MFC]

I've only got this one, although I usually pay attention to S#'s of others I see at shows are on the net in hopes of finding consecutive #'s. #3803 is still the highest number I've seen so far and I haven't seen another that was close.

I just found this old thread you might find interesting...
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...highlight=3803

[LugerVern]

Some old Portuguese Luger data in the attached file.

A lot of guessing by a lot of people over the years.

There are not very many M2's listed over 3500 but there are a few as have been noted in this post.

We did a survey here on this form a few years back at that time not one M2 was listed as being over SN 3500.

The old books are largely wrong on the Portuguese data, those new books that simply copy that data are just as wrong.

It's a bit frustrating at times.

Contrary to popular belief the Portuguese often ordered very small batches of lugers. Keep an open mind when discussing serial number ranges.

Hope this helps

Vern

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by LugerVern

Some old Portuguese Luger data in the attached file.

A lot of guessing by a lot of people over the years.

There are not very many M2's listed over 3500 but there are a few as have been noted in this post.

We did a survey here on this form a few years back at that time not one M2 was listed as being over SN 3500.

The old books are largely wrong on the Portuguese data, those new books that simply copy that data are just as wrong.

It's a bit frustrating at times.

Contrary to popular belief the Portuguese often ordered very small batches of lugers. Keep an open mind when discussing serial number ranges.

Hope this helps

Vern

In this chart we see again 3500 instead of 5000.

And the lack of serial numbers showing in the 4000 range also points in that direction.

No explanation so far for MFC's # 3803.

[Douglas Jr.]

Originally Posted by LugerVern

A lot of guessing by a lot of people over the years.


The old books are largely wrong on the Portuguese data, those new books that simply copy that data are just as wrong.

It's a bit frustrating at times.

Vern

The same is valid for Brazilian Lugers.
That is why I started my database about that ones.
I will follow this topic closely, as both countries (Brazil and Portugal) purchased their 1906 Lugers in the same time frame.

By the way: out of curiosity, I just took a look at Simpson's inventory and they have five 1906 Portuguese Luger for sale now - the highest serial number noted is 33xx.

Douglas.