DWM Commercial 9mmP

Ron Wood · 09-27-2017, 07:58 PM

In collector parlance, 1920 Commercial Lugers would have been manufactured by BKIW (as DWM was renamed after being reorganized post WWI), would bear a factory serial number in the known range and possess a firing proof as applied by the government. As Dwight Gruber has pointed out, frequently there is an attempt to call a Luger that has been assembled from period parts but lacking a proper serial number range and/or firing proof a "1920 Commercial", but that, as he states, does a disservice to the Luger collector and historian...the date of fabrication of such a piece is indeterminate and could be 1920, last year or any time between.

09-27-2017, 07:58 PM	#31
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: 7,052 Thanks: 1,124 Thanked 5,289 Times in 1,729 Posts	In collector parlance, 1920 Commercial Lugers would have been manufactured by BKIW (as DWM was renamed after being reorganized post WWI), would bear a factory serial number in the known range and possess a firing proof as applied by the government. As Dwight Gruber has pointed out, frequently there is an attempt to call a Luger that has been assembled from period parts but lacking a proper serial number range and/or firing proof a "1920 Commercial", but that, as he states, does a disservice to the Luger collector and historian...the date of fabrication of such a piece is indeterminate and could be 1920, last year or any time between. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction