Help Identify: Long barrel 1916 DWM
 

My friend had this long barrelled Luger passed down to him from his father who carried it on his trap line for years. I'm having difficulty figuring out what exactly it is for him. I've never seen one in this configuration before so it leads me to believe it is a re-barrel but its numbered to the gun so I'm not sure.

Hope you can help me figure it out.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7541/luger01.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9913/luger11.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1953/luger15.jpg
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7874/luger02.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4743/luger17.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6934/luger16.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/592/luger14.jpg
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1015/luger13.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6923/luger12.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4602/luger10.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8257/luger09.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3226/luger08.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5623/luger07.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4707/luger06.jpg
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6496/luger05.jpg
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4017/luger04.jpg
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5864/luger03.jpg
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Kris,
Welcome to the forum. Your friends Luger is a DWM 1916 military. It's definitly a rebarrel. It originally had a 4" 9mm barrel numbered to the gun with all four digits, bore gage and firing proof.

Any idea when or why it would have been done? I've never seen such a long barrel on a Luger. It is about 9.5" long!

Maybe size does matter after all?
dju

Several companies imported and rebarreled Lugers after WW1 for US domestic consumption. The long barrel configuration was one of the more popular. This one is nicely done with attention to detail in the front sight area and the barrel flange near the receiver. They even bothered to number it.

I don't disagree that this barrel may have been installed by an importer but, the long barrels installed by Stoeger or Pacific Arms were usually C/N proofed and had a 'Germany' export stamp.