1940 "dwm"
 

All matching except side plate.... oh, and it is marked 1940 and has a DWM toggle :o

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/di...temnum=6767682

Ed, It is a little known fact that ( now don't let this get out ) if you take parts from two 1920 DWM's and assemble them, you have a 1940 DWM.

This is well documented in Betty Crocker's "Fillet of Luger" vol III. A highly respected Luger collector in the Mid West will also varify this.

The rarest and most desirable variations are the "Odd Year" 1940 DWMs. 1915/1925, 1911/1929, 1902/1938 etc. They can command up to $605-$719 at a big garage sale.

The rarest is, the chrome plated with frazite grips 1940 DWM that was presented to Hermann G�¶ering after winning a cream puff eating contest. I have it in my collection. A very rare, one of a kind Luger.
That guy at the gunshow told me so.


As I said Mum's the word. If this gets out everybody will be looking for them. :nono:


Ron

Ed,

Help me to better understand these "parts" guns. I want to learn more on picking out the bad ones. So where does the 1940 stamp come from? Is it a part from another gun or did someone go to the trouble of restamping it?
What was the last year on the DWM?

Thanks,

Steve

Steve,

The last official DWM year was 1929. As they shipped the machinery to Mauser in that year and Mauser needed some time to setup and start producing themselves there can be legit DWM toggles dating from say 1929 - 1934. Experts can give you some more insight.

This particilar pistol simply had it's receiver swapped out for another one.

I am the proud owner of a 1936 DWM :D
(which of course also got a fresh receiver somewhere along the way)

Steve, I am unsure, don't have my books with me. DWM's were not made by DWM, but during the change over you will still see DWM toggles, but they started marking them with codes. By memory, the 1940 should have a 42 or s/42 for the toggle, not a DWM, so the DWM was an old toggle that happened to have the number or was put on there.

You have to have a book that talks about whichever era you are interested in. I like Jan Still's books, mainly because it makes it so easy to see by era.

Imperial for WW1 and earlier
Weimar for 1919-1934
Third Reich Lugers 1934-1945

You can then just pull out Third Reich Lugers (sometimes seen as TRL) and look up what a 1940 should be marked as.

There are a few folks that might say that the DWM was added during the war, but being a 1940, germany was still winning, so why wouldn't they pop on a S/42 or a 42 marked toggle....

Ed

Hey Ron, wouldn't two 1920 DWM Lugers make one 3840 DWM Luger?? :confused:

Yes, the well-known 3840 phased-plasma toggle action Luger.

--Dwight

Thanks guys. I'll get that book. It will help me!

No, no Ron and Dwight, you are thinking about Imperial plasma lugers, these are weimar, you have to subtract 3200 and add 1920!


ed

Well,

Han Solo used a modified C96 in Star Wars, so I guess Imperial Plasma Lugers are a possibility.

Shattuck had a 1940 (4-digit) byf for sale on his 1997-98 era List # 234 for sale...:confused:

Pete, a 1940 byf could be an "out of sequence" pistol. See Jan Still's TRL for the details!! :cheers:

Goering's Luger
 

How many times do I have to tell you guys I have Goering's Luger in my desk drawer?

It has a 1920 permission date so that rules it out as one of the rare WWI nickle plated offcier's models.

BTW: Had it out at the range a week or so ago. Disgustingly reliable feeder. Intuition told me that the ugliest Luger in my collection would be the most reliable.)

Re: Goering's Luger
 

Like, isn't that a law?:D :roflmao: :D

Hi Frank,

Yep...Leon DeSpain has one, too :

http://lmd-militaria.com/page486.html

Regards,

Pete...http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/imgswitzerland.gif

oh Pete I like the new flag!


:cheers:


ed