Unit mark on frontstrap 10.H.5.12.

JRi · 04-26-2017, 01:25 AM

Here´s some starters:
(barrel is not bended, it´s just poor lens quality in my camera)

JRi · 04-26-2017, 01:40 AM

here´s some more

Norme · 04-26-2017, 07:53 AM

Hi Jani,
Thanks for the additional photos. I suspect the serial number of your gun is 8891a and that it is a DWM 1st Issue made in 1909. I believe it's receiver was refinished when the replacement barrel was installed and that it's left side inspection and proof marks were removed at that time. On this model these marks are often very lightly struck. The photos below are from one of mine, very close in serial number to yours.
Regards, Norm

JRi · 04-30-2017, 04:02 AM

hmm.. I can´t see this alphabet as "a" or it must be very badly struck. And this curve at the top, does "a" have such ?

sheepherder · 04-30-2017, 09:22 AM

This thread has links to actual photos of the various letters used in Luger suffixes...See if you can find a match...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=34813

04-26-2017, 01:25 AM	#1
JRi User Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 8 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Here´s some starters: (barrel is not bended, it´s just poor lens quality in my camera) Attached Thumbnails

04-26-2017, 01:40 AM	#2
JRi User Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 8 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	here´s some more Attached Thumbnails

04-26-2017, 07:53 AM	#3
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Jani, Thanks for the additional photos. I suspect the serial number of your gun is 8891a and that it is a DWM 1st Issue made in 1909. I believe it's receiver was refinished when the replacement barrel was installed and that it's left side inspection and proof marks were removed at that time. On this model these marks are often very lightly struck. The photos below are from one of mine, very close in serial number to yours. Regards, Norm Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Norme; 04-26-2017 at 08:14 AM. Reason: Add photo

04-30-2017, 04:02 AM	#4
JRi User Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 8 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	hmm.. I can´t see this alphabet as "a" or it must be very badly struck. And this curve at the top, does "a" have such ? Attached Thumbnails

04-30-2017, 09:22 AM	#5
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