[student1979]

I'm no expert in commercial lugers, but bought this one today..
Can anyone tell me a little about it?

I think this is a 1908 commercial.
Serialnumber is 41026.

Usally I only collect WW2-lugers, but this came to Norway with german troops during the war, and have been here ever since..

Thanks!

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[Ron Smith]

Peter,
I'm not an expert, but I would say yes it is a 1908 Commercial.
And a very nice one at that. 5 digit ser#, lazy N on the left receiver, hidden commercial numbering, no stock lug. It all fits. Nice find, Congratulations!
Ron

 

[student1979]

The gun also does not have a hold-open and it is BUG-proofed..
I'm quite happy with it..

 

[Dwight Gruber]

Peter,

Yes, that is a P-08 Commercial, and a rather nice one at that.

The left receiver proofs are actually crown/B, crown/U. I would expect that these would be found under the barrel, with a crown/G added. If you do a search on these forums for "BUG proof" you should come across posts explaining their meaning.

c/B,U,G proofs are an indication that tis gun was manufactured before 1910, when the c/N proof was instituted.

Congratulations on an excellent find, and thanks for sharing it with us.

--Dwight

 

[Pete E.]

Peter...

Looks like a nice honest luger as well...congratulations !

 

[student1979]

Thanks!
But what would the correct magazine for this gun be?

Two magazines came with the gun, one WW2 E/63 and one early nickle plated magazine with wood- bottom and no serialnumber/proofmarks. Is the latter one the original magazine?

Peter

 

[keoki7]

Peter, the latter would be correct as the pistol was first produced woth a wood bottum magazine.

 

[student1979]

Yes I know that..

But were the original magazines on the commercial model serialnumbered in the 1908-1910 period??

 

[drbuster]

Dear Student1917. Wooden bottomed magazines from commercial lugers were NOT numbered. Some were marked "GERMANY", "Cal 9 m/m", but no marking is correct for the 1908 commercial.

 

[student1979]

Thank you very much!

Looks like it still had the original magazine after all theese years then... Not bad..

Here are a couple of pictures if the original magazine that came with the gun:



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