Help With 9mm P08 Barrel Marks

Mike K. · 02-01-2017, 01:51 PM

Greetings,

Could one of the forum members please assist me with identifying these barrel markings, and approximate date of manufacture, which only includes a number 9 and what appears to be a letter K over 10?

Thanks in advance.

mrerick · 02-01-2017, 02:06 PM

Your Luger was rebarreled at some point. They are not factory marks. Curiously, the person that replaced it didn't strike a witness mark.

The marks don't resemble anything I'm familiar with. Perhaps others have some ideas?

Mike K. · 02-01-2017, 02:58 PM

Thanks for your feedback. You are right about the barrel being a replacement. I should have mentioned that fact.

DonVoigt · 02-01-2017, 04:33 PM

Many, if not even most, replacement barrels do not have a witness mark.

It serves no useful purpose that I can think of; the extractor cut is a "huge" alignment or witness mark. JMHO.

Ron Wood · 02-01-2017, 05:18 PM

Those barrel markings look Portuguese to me. You see similar markings on some of their cleaning rods.
Ron

LU1900 · 02-13-2017, 12:50 PM

Cleaning rods and magazine for the GNR too

02-01-2017, 01:51 PM	#1
Mike K. User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 37 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Help With 9mm P08 Barrel Marks Greetings, Could one of the forum members please assist me with identifying these barrel markings, and approximate date of manufacture, which only includes a number 9 and what appears to be a letter K over 10? Thanks in advance. Attached Thumbnails

02-01-2017, 02:06 PM	#2
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,919 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Your Luger was rebarreled at some point. They are not factory marks. Curiously, the person that replaced it didn't strike a witness mark. The marks don't resemble anything I'm familiar with. Perhaps others have some ideas? __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

02-01-2017, 04:33 PM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,354 Times in 2,041 Posts	Many, if not even most, replacement barrels do not have a witness mark. It serves no useful purpose that I can think of; the extractor cut is a "huge" alignment or witness mark. JMHO. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

02-01-2017, 05:18 PM	#5
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: 7,034 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,239 Times in 1,718 Posts	Those barrel markings look Portuguese to me. You see similar markings on some of their cleaning rods. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-13-2017, 12:50 PM	#6
LU1900 User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: FRANCE Posts: 911 Thanks: 46 Thanked 471 Times in 198 Posts	Cleaning rods and magazine for the GNR too __________________ Best regards from France...Patrice https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2016/03/1...nd-snail-drum/

02-01-2017, 02:58 PM	#3
Mike K. User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 37 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks for your feedback. You are right about the barrel being a replacement. I should have mentioned that fact.