![]() ![]() Many different barrel, sight, and stock/forend configurationsĪlphabet Commercial, 7.65 caliber, 1921-1929 P08 Carbine, post-WWI, 7.65mm and 9mm caliber With c/B,U,G proofs or lazy c/N proofs, upright c/N proofs after 1916 With stock lug after 1914, designated P08 Pistole 1908 9mm caliber, 7.65mm caliber after 1918Ĭommercial (5-digit) without stock lug, designated 08C Stamped GERMANY on the frame under the serial number, or not stamped With c/B,U,G proofs, lazy or upright c/N proofed, or not proofed New Model Parabellum, 7.65mm and 9mm caliber Stock lug and Navy-pattern wood shoulder stock Old Model Transitional “French”,7.65mm caliberįlat recoil spring, flat toggle faces with toggle lock, New Model breechblock, New Model extractor marked CHARGE’ German and Dutch test pistols, usually 7.65mm, non-standard barrelsġ3½ inch barrel, tangent sights, wooden forend and detachable wood stock Old Model Short Frame, mostly 9mm caliber ![]() Stamped with c/B,U,G proofs or not proofed Within each category there are variations, differences in fine details which, historically, collectors have found convenient to designate separately. Standard P08 (5-digit serial numbers) manufactured to 1921Īlphabet Commercial (4-digit with letter suffix serial number) manufactured 1921-1929 Standard Parabellum, Short-Frame Parabellum, Carbine, transitional “French”. Within each model there are distinct types: Pistole 1908: coiled recoil spring, flat toggle faces, no grip safety, raised breechblock with loaded indicator, GESICHERT stamped thumb safety indicator. Parabellum, New Model ( neues Art, new form): coiled recoil spring, flat toggle faces/no toggle lock, raised breechblock with loaded indicator, grip safety, routed/polished thumb safety indicator. Parabellum, Old Model ( alter Art, old form): flat recoil spring, dished toggle faces with toggle lock, grip safety, routed/polished thumb safety indicator. These three categories are differentiated by substantive changes in design and construction: There are three basic categoriesof the DWM Commercial Luger. These designations will be used henceforth in the database and succeeding discussions. The nomenclature which follows is a systematic categorization of DWM commercially produced pistols based objectively on their characteristics and some related official (usually military) designations. It actually disinforms by applying dates and designations which bear no relation to the reality of Luger production:ġ902 Carbine-made 1902 to 1906 all pertinent characteristics are those of standard Old Modelġ906-no official designation this date existsġ90x/date (e.g., 1906/20)-Swiss military designationĠ8 Commercial-army designation Pistole 1908ġ913 Commercial-no official designation this date existsġ914 Commercial-standard P08 with stock lugġ920 Commercial-Alphabet Commercial series begins 1921ġ920 Carbine-manufacturing dates and circumstances unknownġ923 Commercial (upright c/N, 5-digit serial number)-first appears in 1916, productioncontinues until 1921ġ929 DWM ( s, t, u suffixes)- s suffix begins 1928, continues into v suffix in 1929 While this has served as a common vocabulary, it does nothing to further the systematic understanding of commercial Lugers. This has provided a convenient, consistent method of identification for the collectors of military Luger pistols.Ĭollectors usually categorize commercial Lugers by a haphazard reference to dates based on long-standing tradition and conventional wisdom. Its physical characteristics usually include markings of the manufacturer and date of production or its production under a known foreign military contract, usually with its own serial number range. The Luger/Parabellum/P08 is most commonly found as a military pistol. Some of the collector designations used in the database and in these remarks may not be the ones collectors are used to seeing and using. ![]()
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