G Date with DWM toggle - need help

Edward Tinker · 01-30-2014, 09:11 PM

It looks restored to me, but many times pictures can be deceiving...

A K date would be closer to first production, a G date is 10-15 thousand in?

The magazine looks funny to me, but you said it looks good. Maybe shined up?

sthomp · 01-30-2014, 11:03 PM

David and Ed...I've looked closer at the bottom of the mag and there very well could be a grind and re-stamp. I was swayed by the other markings. the tube is bright...looks like stainless...in any event I'm going to see GT next week and he will figure the mag out.
Yes, it was refinished, but it looks fairly old but now that I look closer, the re-finish is clearly after the import stamp...which is "VEGA SAC CA 9MM" with "germany" also.
I'll take some new pics tomorrow in better light and post them.
This was only represented as a shooter, not a collectable...my investment is $1095 delivered with holster and unmarked tool.

sheepherder · 01-31-2014, 09:22 AM

Not a bad price IMO...I would have inspected the G more closely...It's been filled in with some kind of whitener, but I notice it has no halo...I don't know enough about G/K dates to know if that is significant or not...But the corners are nice and square, not rounded like an etching or electro-pencil would be......It's a nice G...

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01-30-2014, 09:11 PM	#1
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,980 Thanks: 2,080 Thanked 4,614 Times in 2,127 Posts	It looks restored to me, but many times pictures can be deceiving... A K date would be closer to first production, a G date is 10-15 thousand in? The magazine looks funny to me, but you said it looks good. Maybe shined up?

01-30-2014, 11:03 PM	#2
sthomp User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 50 Thanks: 2 Thanked 26 Times in 12 Posts	David and Ed...I've looked closer at the bottom of the mag and there very well could be a grind and re-stamp. I was swayed by the other markings. the tube is bright...looks like stainless...in any event I'm going to see GT next week and he will figure the mag out. Yes, it was refinished, but it looks fairly old but now that I look closer, the re-finish is clearly after the import stamp...which is "VEGA SAC CA 9MM" with "germany" also. I'll take some new pics tomorrow in better light and post them. This was only represented as a shooter, not a collectable...my investment is $1095 delivered with holster and unmarked tool.