DWM Alphabet commercial????
 

I pick this one up at a gun show this weekend. (Had to do something about that 13 thing.) It was billed as a 1920 commercial which is now called the DWM Alphabet commercial completely refinished. I am not sure what it is, so I am consulting the experts. First the only serial numbers left on it are on the front of the frame (5065 no suffix and a 53 on the hold-open lever. The upper screams DWM Alphabet commercial with the Crown N proof on the blank receiver and front toggle, but the frame has me questioning that. Rather than describe it, I'll let pictures speak for it.

Thanks for any help.
Lynn

Nice shooter! I think the frame is of Erfurt manufacture.

This proof mark (it looks to be Cf) and the fact it does not have a stock lug makes me wonder.

The other question is: Since the ATF considers the frame to be the gun, When you have a mismatched like this, do I book it as a 20 DWM or whatever the frame turns out to be?

By the way, it is a 30.

Lynn

I agree that the frame is a pre 1914 Erfurt, which could have been reworked into a commerical during the 1920s, but certainly not a new production Alpha commerical. TH