Soon to be owner of a 1916 DWM Luger P08 "shooter"

[Big Fre]

Originally Posted by mrerick

Hi Frederik and welcome to the forum.

It looks like the magazine may have a dent in it along the lower area in your last picture. If this is so, don't attempt to fix it yourself. We have a member here that can recondition it for you using the proper tools. It would involve shipment to the US.

It's always better to use a more modern magazine for actual shooting, as the wood based ones are prone to breakage. Consider a fxo / East German Thalmann magazine (milled welded steel construction) or a new one.

Use only standard power ammunition. No +P or military surplus NATO power stuff. Winchester white box or something similar works well. Remmington generally doesn't.

Marc

Hey Marc, thanks for the welcome,

Yes, could be it has a dent, didn't notice it while I was checking it out, can't really take a look at it as I have to wait for probably 3 months until I get my license for it,

Will give it a look to find a magazine, but don't really know if they are easy te find here,

When you say only standard power ammo, what grains do you mean, necause Winchester is not widely available here, we have Magtech, Geco, Sellier & Bellot and Fiochi, all vary from 115gr to 124gr, or is this to high allready? Else I will have to go search for lower grains ammo, lowest to finf commonly here is 115gr,

Thanks for the tips! They are much apreciated