History help 1916 Luger

DonVoigt · 11-12-2015, 08:31 PM

I thought it was a pretty clear "i", as an "l" does not have a dot over it!

Let's see if I can explain this clearly,
In 1916 DWM started with serial 1 without a suffix, and went to 10000 without suffix,
then started at 1 again with an "a", and so on up to 1 with an "i" suffix yours is the 2831st pistol in the "i" suffix, or the 92,831st pistol produced in 1916 by DWM; the last pistol in the "i" suffix would have been the 100,000 st. pistol. I don't know how many DWM produced that year, but it is in one of the reference books.

11-12-2015, 08:31 PM	#21
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	I thought it was a pretty clear "i", as an "l" does not have a dot over it! Let's see if I can explain this clearly, In 1916 DWM started with serial 1 without a suffix, and went to 10000 without suffix, then started at 1 again with an "a", and so on up to 1 with an "i" suffix yours is the 2831st pistol in the "i" suffix, or the 92,831st pistol produced in 1916 by DWM; the last pistol in the "i" suffix would have been the 100,000 st. pistol. I don't know how many DWM produced that year, but it is in one of the reference books.