DWM Commercial 9mmP

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Dick Herman

Don,
In the post WWI German Republic plans were made to hide future military manufacturing. In 1925 an alphabet list was developed for indicating the year of acceptance. The K date Luger was the first year that list was applied in 1934. The Luger toggle in 1934 used a S/42 for identifying the type weapon (S) and the manufacturer (42 -Mauser). I could not quickly locate my source for more detail but the S indicates pistols, rifles and machine guns.

Thanks Dick,
"everybody knows that".
You threw me with the 1925 bit, Yes, we understand the "K" = 1934, of the not so secret secret codes.