41 42 Code, S/N 489

Vlim · 02-29-2004, 07:23 AM

Hi,

Im confident someone else will provide you with more info, but here are some basics

The serialnumber is combined with a letter underneath it, the numbers were cycled per 10,000 combined with a letter, after which the cycle was restarted again, as it was at the end of the year.
So a low serial number on a relatively late luger is not very special. Your gun was the 489th gun produced in one of those batches.

Before you shoot the gun, get it checked by a lisenced gunsmith, the guns are actually quite reliable and can be fired without much problems (I shoot a 1928 luger regulary). If the gun is in excellent condition and all-matching, it might have collector's value and shooting it often can and will lower it's value.

In the US, wallmart winchester 115gr FMJ 9mm is excellent, reliable and cheap. In europe, brands like S&B 115gr FMJ 9mm function without problems.

02-29-2004, 07:23 AM	#1
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, Im confident someone else will provide you with more info, but here are some basics The serialnumber is combined with a letter underneath it, the numbers were cycled per 10,000 combined with a letter, after which the cycle was restarted again, as it was at the end of the year. So a low serial number on a relatively late luger is not very special. Your gun was the 489th gun produced in one of those batches. Before you shoot the gun, get it checked by a lisenced gunsmith, the guns are actually quite reliable and can be fired without much problems (I shoot a 1928 luger regulary). If the gun is in excellent condition and all-matching, it might have collector's value and shooting it often can and will lower it's value. In the US, wallmart winchester 115gr FMJ 9mm is excellent, reliable and cheap. In europe, brands like S&B 115gr FMJ 9mm function without problems.