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Pete Ebbink · 03-03-2006, 06:04 PM

Hi Dave,

All of the early Swiss lugers were actually German made by DWM...both the M1900 Swiss luger and the two M1906 Swiss lugers.

It was not until 1918 that the Swiss at the Bern arsenal started making their own version of the M1906 W+F Bern luger that one can say it was truly a Swiss-made luger. Same for the Swiss M1929 W+F Bern luger.

The 4-digit serial number with a letter suffix was the German military way of serializing lugers each year and some of those could have been left over after WWI and issued as yours as an "alphabet luger" of the 1920's Weimar era.

I agree that the barrels are probably a gunsmith's modification...maybe in the 1950-60's...

I still think they would make great lugers for shooting and you should enjoy them as such !

03-03-2006, 06:04 PM	#9
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Hi Dave, All of the early Swiss lugers were actually German made by DWM...both the M1900 Swiss luger and the two M1906 Swiss lugers. It was not until 1918 that the Swiss at the Bern arsenal started making their own version of the M1906 W+F Bern luger that one can say it was truly a Swiss-made luger. Same for the Swiss M1929 W+F Bern luger. The 4-digit serial number with a letter suffix was the German military way of serializing lugers each year and some of those could have been left over after WWI and issued as yours as an "alphabet luger" of the 1920's Weimar era. I agree that the barrels are probably a gunsmith's modification...maybe in the 1950-60's... I still think they would make great lugers for shooting and you should enjoy them as such !