Surplus part number match

GaGunner · 08-31-2023, 06:28 PM

Gun is military 9MM Luger with date of 1915. I remember seeing an ad or web site were they would look at their parts to see if they had any whose numbers matched your numbers. In other word, if you needed a replacement extractor, which I do, they looked for one stamped 61, which is what I need to match my gun. My gun is not 100% matching. The locking bolt is marked 64. Does any one know this company or individual? If I could find the replacement extractor and the locking bolt, I would get both to make it a matching numbers gun.

Kiwi · 09-01-2023, 08:13 AM

It would NOT be a matching gun.
The parts were numbered because some fitting would take place during assembly and the fitted parts would be numbered to the gun.
The numbers started again with every 10,000 and every year.
You may get numbers to match but they are not fitted to that gun - you would be faking a matching gun and it may not function correctly.

Vlim · 09-01-2023, 10:41 AM

Most small parts require no fitting and will drop right in.
I don't expect much problems with a takedown lever.

Side plates, firing pins and sears are a bit more tricky and even dangerous in some cases.

GaGunner · 09-01-2023, 03:16 PM

To be clear, if I found a surplus part bearing the same number, 61, as mine, if/when I sold the gun, I would let the buyer know. Just like if I have to buy a repo part, I will keep the broke extractor.

Again, my question is if anyone knows of some company or individual which offers this service.

DonVoigt · 09-01-2023, 03:19 PM

I know of no company.
If you put a WTB ad in the appropriate place on this forum, someone may have have
the # you're looking for.

Vlim · 09-01-2023, 04:25 PM

Didn't Lugerman have such a service?

reiver · 09-01-2023, 07:30 PM

I think he has a renumbering service along with refurbishment.

GaGunner · 09-13-2023, 03:28 PM

Thanks everyone for the info. I have decided to just get a reproduction extractor and go with it. Again thanks.

08-31-2023, 06:28 PM	#1
GaGunner New User Join Date: Aug 2023 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Surplus part number match Gun is military 9MM Luger with date of 1915. I remember seeing an ad or web site were they would look at their parts to see if they had any whose numbers matched your numbers. In other word, if you needed a replacement extractor, which I do, they looked for one stamped 61, which is what I need to match my gun. My gun is not 100% matching. The locking bolt is marked 64. Does any one know this company or individual? If I could find the replacement extractor and the locking bolt, I would get both to make it a matching numbers gun.

09-01-2023, 03:19 PM	#5
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	I know of no company. If you put a WTB ad in the appropriate place on this forum, someone may have have the # you're looking for. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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09-01-2023, 08:13 AM	#2
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 309 Thanks: 216 Thanked 436 Times in 173 Posts	It would NOT be a matching gun. The parts were numbered because some fitting would take place during assembly and the fitted parts would be numbered to the gun. The numbers started again with every 10,000 and every year. You may get numbers to match but they are not fitted to that gun - you would be faking a matching gun and it may not function correctly.

09-01-2023, 10:41 AM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Most small parts require no fitting and will drop right in. I don't expect much problems with a takedown lever. Side plates, firing pins and sears are a bit more tricky and even dangerous in some cases.

09-01-2023, 03:16 PM	#4
GaGunner New User Join Date: Aug 2023 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	To be clear, if I found a surplus part bearing the same number, 61, as mine, if/when I sold the gun, I would let the buyer know. Just like if I have to buy a repo part, I will keep the broke extractor. Again, my question is if anyone knows of some company or individual which offers this service.

09-01-2023, 04:25 PM	#6
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Didn't Lugerman have such a service?

09-01-2023, 07:30 PM	#7
reiver User Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 132 Thanks: 81 Thanked 149 Times in 63 Posts	I think he has a renumbering service along with refurbishment.

09-13-2023, 03:28 PM	#8
GaGunner New User Join Date: Aug 2023 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks everyone for the info. I have decided to just get a reproduction extractor and go with it. Again thanks.