1938 Mauser S/42 Luger P08

[Doubs]

Originally Posted by Jim Mac

just tossing my 2 cents on stolen lugers. Say someone has pops old 1918 erfurt sn1234c luger stolen and reports it to the police. police and owner records it as erfurt 9mm sn1234 (nobody knows that the c is part of the serial number. He's it's not a Glock19) so now every erfurt sn1234 is considered a stolen gun because uninformed owner or police put the wrong information into the database. They didnt know the numbers and letters were recycled every year.
And if you have a
Or am I thinking this all wrong? jim

Take it even farther. Suppose they reported it as "Luger, serial number 1234" as stolen.

Then every Luger ever made by DWM, Erfurt, Mauser etc. with a serial number 1234 would be considered stolen.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Doubs

Take it even farther. Suppose they reported it as "Luger, serial number 1234" as stolen.

Then every Luger ever made by DWM, Erfurt, Mauser etc. with a serial number 1234 would be considered stolen.

I mentioned this situation in post #14.
It can and does happen, as I said above- it did to me.

No amount of "explaining" will make it go away if one is caught in the "do loop" of explaining luger serial numbering/models/years/manufacturer to the uninitiated- as in law enforcement or non-collector "civilians".

[Bill_in_VA]

Originally Posted by Doubs

Take it even farther. Suppose they reported it as "Luger, serial number 1234" as stolen.

Then every Luger ever made by DWM, Erfurt, Mauser etc. with a serial number 1234 would be considered stolen.

This is why you guys shouldn’t collect Lugers. Be safe, stay away from them and stay out of trouble. Because I’m a nice guy I’ll save you all and take the risk on everyone’s behalf. 😁