New to the forum and have a serial # Question

LugerFan68 · 02-17-2011, 05:56 PM

Hello to All,

I'm brand new to the board and also recently became a new Luger owner. I just recently purchased a 1939 "42" coded P08 which is in excellent shape and appears to have all the correct markings based on my research. However, one thing that struck me as a bit odd is that it has only a 3 digit serial number as opposed to 4 digits. Is this an oddity or is it more common than I think? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

spartacus38 · 02-17-2011, 06:00 PM

Approx 9 % of the Lugers had a 3 digit serial #,no extra value.
Bob

Norme · 02-17-2011, 06:02 PM

Hi Dan, Welcome to the forum. Military Lugers are numbered in blocks of 10,000, each one followed by a suffix letter. One in ten guns have a three digit serial, one in a hundred have two, and one in a thousand have only one. Regards, Norm.

LugerFan68 · 02-17-2011, 06:10 PM

That makes total sense with the numbers in blocks of 10000. Thanks Bob and Norm. I have been here about 20 minutes and have learned alot already.

02-17-2011, 05:56 PM	#1
LugerFan68 User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	New to the forum and have a serial # Question Hello to All, I'm brand new to the board and also recently became a new Luger owner. I just recently purchased a 1939 "42" coded P08 which is in excellent shape and appears to have all the correct markings based on my research. However, one thing that struck me as a bit odd is that it has only a 3 digit serial number as opposed to 4 digits. Is this an oddity or is it more common than I think? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

02-17-2011, 06:00 PM	#2
spartacus38 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South Lake Tahoe,CA. Posts: 695 Thanks: 0 Thanked 70 Times in 56 Posts	Approx 9 % of the Lugers had a 3 digit serial #,no extra value. Bob

02-17-2011, 06:02 PM	#3
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,415 Thanks: 225 Thanked 2,593 Times in 931 Posts	Hi Dan, Welcome to the forum. Military Lugers are numbered in blocks of 10,000, each one followed by a suffix letter. One in ten guns have a three digit serial, one in a hundred have two, and one in a thousand have only one. Regards, Norm.

02-17-2011, 06:10 PM	#4
LugerFan68 User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	That makes total sense with the numbers in blocks of 10000. Thanks Bob and Norm. I have been here about 20 minutes and have learned alot already.