Thread: Luger questions
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Old June 26, 2001, 08:28 AM   #4
BigG
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Dr Rob:

ALL Lugers have a 4 digit serial # plus a letter, like 4090F. They were done like that to hide how many were being made and maybe because Germans do things their own way. So every 10,000 Lugers the numbers would repeat and they would go up a letter.

The 42 is probably S/42 which was code for Mauser Werke. You describe a garden variety P08 from just before WWII. I would guess $350 if it is in shootable shape. HTH.

PS: Never buy a Luger as a collector's item unless you really know what you are doing. There are so many variations and Lugerfakes are an industry in itself.
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