Will pickup my first P08 over the weekend.

[Mac Cat]

One of the things we like best about lugers is the serial numbers are well documented on most of them and fairly easy to help figure out their manufacturing date. Matching parts is one of the first things we look for. The suffix is even more important.

The side plate can be replaced, but beware, they don't always work smoothly. That's a crucial part in the path from the trigger to the sear. Still, it's something you can replace, even with an un-numbered side plate.

The plum colored extractor looks weird, but that's not uncommon. It got heat treated a little differently, which resulted in the purplish coloring.

I didn't see any import stamps (GERMANY), which I would have expected.

[Itsjohncena6969]

Originally Posted by Mac Cat

One of the things we like best about lugers is the serial numbers are well documented on most of them and fairly easy to help figure out their manufacturing date. Matching parts is one of the first things we look for. The suffix is even more important.

The side plate can be replaced, but beware, they don't always work smoothly. That's a crucial part in the path from the trigger to the sear. Still, it's something you can replace, even with an un-numbered side plate.

The plum colored extractor looks weird, but that's not uncommon. It got heat treated a little differently, which resulted in the purplish coloring.

I didn't see any import stamps (GERMANY), which I would have expected.

yeah the correct two digits seems to be "83" but the sideplate has "08"

other than that the serial numbers at least appear correct,

do you have any idea what these markings mean?

https://forum.lugerforum.com/attachm...0&d=1678129589



i cant seem to find anything on this

[day late]

Originally Posted by Mac Cat

The side plate can be replaced, but beware, they don't always work smoothly. That's a crucial part in the path from the trigger to the sear. Still, it's something you can replace, even with an un-numbered side plate.

Tell me about that. This PO8 I'm working on was missing a side plate. I'm glad I had metal milling tools around to work on the replacement. Works fine now, but at first.....