burningsquirrels
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1911s will always be around and are still being made in spades, but the luger is not. i'd get the luger.
FlyinBryan said:i learn something everyday here.
by the way, off topic, what is that 1911 in your pic there jesse?
Regarding the serial number, look at the front of the gun under the barrel. You should see a 4-digit number, with a lower case letter below it. This constitutes the serial number (for example, 4187b). If the gun had "matching parts", all of the parts in this example would be stamped 87. To address what I believe is your main question here, the serial number itself does not convey any info as to the gun's desirability.It's an Erfurt Luger, and it is, as the counter-dude told me, a distinctive "parts gun" Luger. It has a decent finish on some parts, while others are completely worn, etc. There's no serial on top of the chamber, that might help people decide?
That may be, but I owned two or three nice matching number Lugers in the 1960's-70's.It is a common urban legend that Lugers are meant for "hotter European ammunition."