Ron, nope. They were the same size as the 42 :)

Hi Nick,
Welcome to the Lugerforum from another Italian.
Really nice find!!!
Cheers,
Mauro

Gerben,

I thought that the earlier 1937s had the large S. What were the large S dates?

Ron

The marking on the front grip strap, along with the evidence of the pistol having had both sear and magazine safeties almost certainly identifies the frame a being a DWM that was manufactured and issued to the Prussian Landj�¤gerei (rural constabulary) in 1929. It was weapon 15 of the Landj�¤gerei of the administrative district of Magedeburg. The letter suffix would be either s, t or u, strongly supporting its identification as u.

Clearly, the toggle train was replaced with the later Mauser S/42 train.

Send this one to Thor. Maybe he can fix it--he does wonders on the old ones. Sorry, I couldn't resist making the suggestion.

Ciao Mauro, nice to meet you too.

Saw your web site after I subscribed here, nice!

... maybe I got hooked up with this Luger thing!!! :D

Nick

hey Don, thanks for the further informations!

could also the Trigger have been replaced, being marked "35" instead of "33", like most of the other parts?

I'm close to have a little tag to be put on the gun's wood frame I'm about to finish...

Thanks!!!

Nick

Hey hey... :p I read about some of Thor's works...

Had the same tought before... "maybe is possible to restore it!"

But, on a serious side, even if possible, does it worth for the costs it would take and his "historical" value???

Nick

@ Ron, this is the datail of the Trigger. I think I also noticed that "hole" next to the Trigger that I didn't noticed in other pistol's pictures in the Forum gallery... is that something different from age/models?

Nick, the hole you are thinking of, is from the magazine safety. Often found on police Lugers.
The Luger would make a great display item:)

Nick,

There is no way to tell when the trigger may have been replaced. It may have been when the toggle train was replaced or a simple mix-up of parts when the gun was stripped for cleaning.

Ok, thanks to both "Morgan" and Don,

Almost done with the frame to hold the souvenir!

I'll post a pick later on...

Thanks to all!

Nick, Have you shot it yet?????? Sean

Ok guys!

I'm done with that. Here we go the final result, just in front of my desktop...

Actually, to add the cherry on top of the cake, I would add next to the pistol a little "window" with his the historical data, that you kindly finded for me...

What about:

" 1929 Luger DWM
Manufactured and issued to the Prussian
Landj�¤gerei (rural constabulary).
Weapon 15 of the Landj�¤gerei of the
administrative district of Magedeburg"

Or any better idea on the model description???

As always, thanks in advance!

Naaaaaa... it's a collection ones!

Would you risk to ruin his collectors value???

:D

Nick
That looks entirely to neat to be a mans workspace. All jokes aside thats a great looking display. clint

Clint,

... guess what took me the greatest time: to clean up, the oiling, make up a nice frame for the Pistol... or clean up my desk... :roflmao:

To you the hard choices...

You can win :cheers:

Nick,

You're description is perfect. You may want to add that it probably was used by the German military, seriously "deactivated" and thrown into Lake _______ where you found it.

Good point Nick! THAT is a very good idea. Looks great. I never would have thought of that. Good job, well done! By the way, did you build the desk to fit that hole, or the other way around? nice fit. Thanks, Sean.....

@ Don, Ok than, that's will be... maybe also with the "tentative" S/N 3233u... Thank you very very much!

@Sean, Tks! belive me, I had to go around and dig it in some antiquary shop... it was as you see it and fit perfectly the spot!

So, Men, I'm pretty done with that. The Thread was maybe long enough and since I don't "really" own a Luger, I'll stick around, in time to time to check out...

It's not so easy to keep weapons at home over here. Maybe Mauro si going to correct me, since he's Italian too... and then I might going to get one/some, since I always liked guns.

My beloved Grandfather had an automatic gun and form the mag I saw a long ago, it "could" be a Gliesenti/Beretta... together with the Luger, it would be a good start for a newborn collection... no?

Was a pleasure to meet you all, Sirs

Take care and have a good Luger time!

Ciao!

Nick