1920 Commercial Luger - needs confirmation

rjf · 10-11-2015, 05:54 PM

Thanks for the outpouring of helpful information.

- I was directed to 1920-22 Commercial because of the low 4-digit SN. It sounds like the consensus is mid-late 1920's.
- the cursive letter was hard to decipher until I joined the forum. I thought it looked like a v, r or s. I matched it with other "o" from your data base.
- the family story is intriguing. Dad was a 16-17 year old partisan in NE Italy and received a life pension from the Italian government for that service. Maybe he hid a Luger away and years later went back to retrieve it, but it wasn't there so bought a "replacement" in the US to complete the story - or brought it back, sold his war trophy, regretted it and later replaced it with a US export or there maybe another Luger my mom has not discovered at home. He passed away, but it is worth further examination.
- I had a local gunsmith do a light cleaning and oiling and I am storing it in a Sackup pistol sleeve. He confirmed that it is in good working order. What else should I do?
- at some point I may decide not to keep it. No one in the family cares about it and when I pass away it will be "garage sale" with everything else by my daughter(It is what it is). How would you recommend I sell it when the time comes?

Thanks again for the warm reception - Rich

10-11-2015, 05:54 PM	#6
rjf New User Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 3 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the outpouring of helpful information. - I was directed to 1920-22 Commercial because of the low 4-digit SN. It sounds like the consensus is mid-late 1920's. - the cursive letter was hard to decipher until I joined the forum. I thought it looked like a v, r or s. I matched it with other "o" from your data base. - the family story is intriguing. Dad was a 16-17 year old partisan in NE Italy and received a life pension from the Italian government for that service. Maybe he hid a Luger away and years later went back to retrieve it, but it wasn't there so bought a "replacement" in the US to complete the story - or brought it back, sold his war trophy, regretted it and later replaced it with a US export or there maybe another Luger my mom has not discovered at home. He passed away, but it is worth further examination. - I had a local gunsmith do a light cleaning and oiling and I am storing it in a Sackup pistol sleeve. He confirmed that it is in good working order. What else should I do? - at some point I may decide not to keep it. No one in the family cares about it and when I pass away it will be "garage sale" with everything else by my daughter(It is what it is). How would you recommend I sell it when the time comes? Thanks again for the warm reception - Rich