Mixed Pistol ??
 

A little bit confusing,

Pistol is a Military 1908 3rd 1ssue. It has it's original rust blue finish and a good bore.It came with Post War Grips that I replaced with Imperial Era grips ( light blond color ).

The confusing issue is that the complete top ( barrel, receiver & toggle ) has all parts matching by Erfurt 1913 dated Serial no 8230. The frame assembly ( also all parts matching ) is DWM Serial no. 8289a. So a mixed top-bottom pistol! But the difference in numbers isnt that big.

So my theory is that the 28th Regiment ( Machine Gun Company ) received pistols made by both ERFURT & DWM and some soldiers mixed both top & bottom during a firearms cleaning session! ( commonly seen when I was in the Armed Forces! ).

Any other explanations? :confused:

THX,

Mark ( kidvett )

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Works for me. Nice looking old soldier.

Good story. Better than just a plain old mismatch Luger. How about "...around the campfire on the Western Front, Feldwebel Grossbutt carefully disassembled his pistol, not noticing that right beside him, that darned Adolf Hitler was taking his own pistol apart...."

Sorry, folks, couldn't resist.

Jim