GNR Portuguese Contract Luger

Lugers down under · 04-25-2005, 01:56 AM

Can any one tell me was the GNR magazine marked with the same serial number as the gun or did it just have a S/42 code on the aluminium base?
My one just has S/42 but I have heard of another which has a number, bit it may though, not the same number as the gun.
Murray.

Navy · 04-25-2005, 09:34 AM

Murray,

IIRC, the GNR mag base was wooden and un-numbered. The mag spine had a triangle inside a circle, I think.

Tom A.

Lugerdoc · 04-25-2005, 09:56 AM

Murry, Tom As description is of a M1906 Portugese mag. The correct mag for your GNR should have a nickeled tube with an unmarked Aluminum bottom. Although I have owned a couple that were numbered to the gun, this at best, was probably done later by the Portugese. I would save your S/42 marked mag, as a proper spare for an early WW2 military PO8. TH

Navy · 04-25-2005, 10:37 AM

Thanks for the correction, Tom. I was relying on a memory that is occasionally unreliable.

Tom A.

Doug G. · 04-25-2005, 01:59 PM

Murray, out of curiosity what is the serial number on your gun?

Lugers down under · 04-27-2005, 05:16 AM

Sorry for the delay Doug,
I had to go to the mainland on business.
My GNR serial number is 2279V.

The other two that I know of here in NZ are 2374V and 2375V and are both owned by the same person.

Regards
Murray.

Doug G. · 04-27-2005, 10:00 AM

Ok, mine is serial number 2175v.

Ron Wood · 04-27-2005, 12:21 PM

Murray,
Although our GNRs aren't consecutive, they aren't very far apart. Mine is 2268v.

Lugers down under · 04-27-2005, 01:40 PM

Thanks Ron,
Thats interesting, only 11 numbers apart. Still, I suppose that is the chances with so few being made. How many do you believe are still around, still in 7.65mm. I understand that many were rebarrelled for 9mm. Was that so?
Regards
Murray.

Ron Wood · 04-27-2005, 01:50 PM

I have not encountered any GNR Lugers that were rebarreled to 9mm. I suspect that the majority of the surviving examples are still 7.65mm but I do not know for sure.

the gunman · 04-27-2005, 05:01 PM

Gentleman I have one serial 1982v

04-25-2005, 01:56 AM	#1
Lugers down under User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Great Barrier Island, New Zealand Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	GNR Portuguese Contract Luger Can any one tell me was the GNR magazine marked with the same serial number as the gun or did it just have a S/42 code on the aluminium base? My one just has S/42 but I have heard of another which has a number, bit it may though, not the same number as the gun. Murray. __________________ Lugers down under

04-25-2005, 09:56 AM	#3
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Murry, Tom As description is of a M1906 Portugese mag. The correct mag for your GNR should have a nickeled tube with an unmarked Aluminum bottom. Although I have owned a couple that were numbered to the gun, this at best, was probably done later by the Portugese. I would save your S/42 marked mag, as a proper spare for an early WW2 military PO8. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 [email protected]

04-27-2005, 05:16 AM	#6
Lugers down under User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Great Barrier Island, New Zealand Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Sorry for the delay Doug, I had to go to the mainland on business. My GNR serial number is 2279V. The other two that I know of here in NZ are 2374V and 2375V and are both owned by the same person. Regards Murray. __________________ Lugers down under

04-27-2005, 12:21 PM	#8
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	Murray, Although our GNRs aren't consecutive, they aren't very far apart. Mine is 2268v. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

04-27-2005, 01:40 PM	#9
Lugers down under User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Great Barrier Island, New Zealand Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Thanks Ron, Thats interesting, only 11 numbers apart. Still, I suppose that is the chances with so few being made. How many do you believe are still around, still in 7.65mm. I understand that many were rebarrelled for 9mm. Was that so? Regards Murray. __________________ Lugers down under

04-25-2005, 09:34 AM	#2
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Murray, IIRC, the GNR mag base was wooden and un-numbered. The mag spine had a triangle inside a circle, I think. Tom A.

04-25-2005, 10:37 AM	#4
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Thanks for the correction, Tom. I was relying on a memory that is occasionally unreliable. Tom A.

04-25-2005, 01:59 PM	#5
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	Murray, out of curiosity what is the serial number on your gun?

04-27-2005, 10:00 AM	#7
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	Ok, mine is serial number 2175v.

04-27-2005, 01:50 PM	#10
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	I have not encountered any GNR Lugers that were rebarreled to 9mm. I suspect that the majority of the surviving examples are still 7.65mm but I do not know for sure. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

04-27-2005, 05:01 PM	#11
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Gentleman I have one serial 1982v