Luger markings - help needed

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I picked this P08 up a little while ago and am looking to learn a little more about it. It's a 1917 DWM, all matching and in excellent condition. Was rebarreled with a 6" barrel to more closely resemble the P04 Naval Lugers that were produced around the same time. I have no idea what the markings mean. There are 4 on the right side of the frame, and another one on the front of the frame just above the trigger guard.

Any help is much appreciated!

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there are guys here way better than me on these, but those are proof marks, reproof when rebarreled I would think as there is more than usall.
That last one is the date
 
The problem with lugers is there are so many different variations and they were made in a number of different factories and each one has it's own proof mark. Add to that they saw use in all the various services which in turn have their own proof marks. The good news is that lugers are one of the most documented guns from that era. The bad news is that there are quite literally books devoted to them. Best bet is to tackle the proof marks one at a time and put the story together once you have them all. I know I had a previously unregistered luger, and when I registered it, I was required to describe to the tech all the various proof marks. She told me exactly where it was made and the year it was made and who for. Gun looks good, but as a rebarrel, it is a shooter not a collector, but still very saleable. Shoot it and enjoy it. Is it a 9mm or a 30 luger (those shells will make you take out a mortgage to feed it, and even components are hard to find, but not much selection.
 
Thank you for your comments. It's a 9mm. Was bought as a collector. Everything about the gun is immaculate apart from the fact that it's been rebarreled, which in Canada is a necessity for most of us.

Would appreciate knowing what the individual marks are for if anyone recognizes them. Was told by the previous owner/collector that they were naval markings.
 
dogzilla said:
The problem with lugers is there are so many different variations and they were made in a number of different factories and each one has it's own proof mark. Add to that they saw use in all the various services which in turn have their own proof marks. The good news is that lugers are one of the most documented guns from that era. The bad news is that there are quite literally books devoted to them. Best bet is to tackle the proof marks one at a time and put the story together once you have them all. I know I had a previously unregistered luger, and when I registered it, I was required to describe to the tech all the various proof marks. She told me exactly where it was made and the year it was made and who for. Gun looks good, but as a rebarrel, it is a shooter not a collector, but still very saleable. Shoot it and enjoy it. Is it a 9mm or a 30 luger (those shells will make you take out a mortgage to feed it, and even components are hard to find, but not much selection.
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That is becoming less of a valid point as the years go by and there are fewer and fewer 12.6 license holders. I think you could argue that it is not a shooter but rather a "Canadian collector".
 
Lugers proofmarks & numbers....humm....Nice condition 17 DWM you have there !!

On those receiver right side proofmarks : from the rear you have 3 x Inspectors proofs: Crown U & Crown S x 2, the 4th one is the Imperial Eagle (Army Test Proof, you should have this one faintly marked on the bbl left side close to the receiver)

The one on the frame front below the 4 numbers sn is the sn suffix letter in script, yours look like a ``b``, there were about 90,000 P08 made by DWM in 1917 plus a similar number of LP-08s....

Your grips should be beech wood (light yellow color, brittle & inside marked with the last 2 sn numbers) If I'm not mistaken your grips look like reproductions...

Hope these little bits of info helps, been into those for many years....
 
See, I knew someone would have it without having to look it all up , and those grips look too new to me also.
Interesting little tidbit, eons ago at a small gunshow , a lady drought in a DWM .30 top end , new in the grease, original wrapping, (I think) WW1 Complete,
that her father liberated in WW2, He was gone by then and she offered it to me as she had no wish to have it around with the kids, thou she said with out the rest, it was safe to leave around, she was a bit surprised when I told her you don't need the frame to have them fire.., Her boys where standing there and from the look, I knew it good they did not know that.
She did not think it was worth much, but the kids could use a bit of 22 ammo, she did not want money, so gave her boys a couple cases of 22s'
Wish I still had that, kept it for about 15 yrs looking for a frame, way before google.
 
The trigger, safety magazine release button and disassembly lever have been refinished, they should be straw coloured and dull rather than the mirror polished metal finish it looks to be in now.
 
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