Help Please With Info on This Luger

[Peter Anhalt]

Thanks for the welcome.

Seems I've gotten off on the wrong foot with my posting and looks like I've offended postino, I'm very sorry about that, that was not my intent and the last thing I would want to do.

I'm more than happy to discuss deactivated firearms in the UK and how our laws operate. It just seemed to me that when the thread turned to that subject quite a few members found it saddening and I thought to myself, perhaps I shouldn't have started this.

In the UK, all that the ordinary Joe can hold is a deactivated firearm, or a firearm manufactured for an obsolete calibre. So thats pretty restricting.

Anyone interested in collecting WWII firearms has to make do with deactivated weapons.

if anyone has any questions on deactivated weapons or what can be legally held in the UK I'm only too happy to respond. As John Sabato kindly suggested, maybe worth starting a new thread if anyone is interested.

Getting back to my DWM Luger. Am I right in thinking this is a commercial model and as its undated it makes it pre-1910? Can anyone tell me the date of manufacture by the serial number, also, what is the significance of the 24 stamped below DWM's logo? Haven't been able to figure that out.

It doesn't have any proof marks or Brit marks.

My thanks in advance,

Peter

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Peter Anhalt

...and looks like I've offended postino...

Postino is pretty hard to offend...You haven't...I'll stick to answering your questions, in the future (if I can)...

I just didn't have anything to add about identifying your Luger...

But I found the pics of the de-activation very interesting...Thanks for posting them!