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Old March 26, 2011, 10:15 AM   #3
roguetwelve12
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Hi Jim,

Thanks a lot for the response. I meant to say Model 1922, I just think of them sometimes as 10/22's in my own way ha. I actually spent a great deal of time researching this and here's what I found out, for your learning enjoyment.

In 1943 when the model 1922 was starting to be produced for more than just the Luftwaffe and other specialist units, Germany decided to restart the numbering system. The first 99,999 model 1922s produced had a simple 5 digit serial number accordingly. As they hit number 100,000 however, they restarted the serial numbering system again, adding an "A" suffix, and did so again with "B" after pistol 99999a, etc. So, based on this info, my particular pistol was the 113,523rd one produced. Furthermore, in 1944, they switched the stamping to only the final 4 digits being stamped on the slide instead of all 5.

So using those two pieces of information, most (matching) Model 1922's should be able to be adequately dated, in my case to 1943.

Hope it was enlightening. I enjoyed researching it.
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