Odd barrel
 

I have an 1917 DWM luger that has a barrel that is milled flat for about 1 and a half inches from the receiver. it has a mark that looks like a 2 out front and back towards the receiver it has a U with a +45 and a round dent underneath. I haven't seen this in any pictures anywhere. Also it looks like it had an artillery rear toggle that had a sight welded on top. Anyone know what I have?

No, and without photos, we never will...
dju

Photos, yes! But so far, my guess would be an artillery with its barrel chopped off, perhaps the barrel band re-created, and a rear sight to make up for the loss of the original on the barrel. Pics!

Yes, pictures are a must. We have seen some strange barrels here lately, and I for one find them all interesting! :thumbup:

barrel
 

I put the pictures in an album here somewhere. I dont know where they went. Im new to this sight.

They're in here -

http://forum.lugerforum.com/album.php?albumid=560

But I'll link them, because I can't tell what they are either...

Is this first pic the toggle-mounted rear sight???

http://forum.lugerforum.com/picture....pictureid=2937

This one looks like an artillery barrel that has been rounded off to eliminate the large dovetail base for the tangent rear sight...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/picture....pictureid=2936

And what little shows of the receiver/barrel extension is heavily buffed...Way heavy...

And here is what it looked like before 'bubba' ground the snot out of it... :soapbox:

The original poster's top photo looks to me like part of a military rifle (Mauser?) rifle rear sight that has been ground/filed to fit the Luger Toggle and silver soldered on in an attempt to lengthen the sight radius ... Crude but functional.

Yes, clearly a rifle rear sight ramp. See the rachet teeth on the right side of the rear sight.

THANK GUYS I wondered if that was the case. The stamped 2 and the t45 looked like arsenal marks. I have replaced the rear toggle and ground the sight off the old one out of curiousity. It had a tapped hole and notch underneath. He welded the toggles back. Im still grinding the slope back in hopeing to hit original metal. I think it may of been an artillery toggle.And as a side note the barrel looks freshly relined, like new bore. Great shooter, runs my loads flawlessly.