1st Luger

Dwight Gruber · 12-30-2020, 04:22 AM

It is an s suffix. Places the pistol manufacture likely in 1928, or possibly very late 1927. The barrel has been replaced while in police service, no c/N commercial proof. This would have been done at a police armory during the general police conversion from 7,65mm to 9mm. The tiny eagle is most likely a power proof after rebarreling. I do not have any concern about the sear/safety bar renumberings. Commercial pistols were numbered in standard "hidden" locations; the facing numbers were most likely added at a police armory after repair or replacement.

--Dwight

12-30-2020, 04:22 AM	#7
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	It is an s suffix. Places the pistol manufacture likely in 1928, or possibly very late 1927. The barrel has been replaced while in police service, no c/N commercial proof. This would have been done at a police armory during the general police conversion from 7,65mm to 9mm. The tiny eagle is most likely a power proof after rebarreling. I do not have any concern about the sear/safety bar renumberings. Commercial pistols were numbered in standard "hidden" locations; the facing numbers were most likely added at a police armory after repair or replacement. --Dwight