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Vlim · 12-23-2008, 07:01 AM

Wylon,

Difficult to say. The problem is that on surviving blueprints it's impossible to make out whether the firing pin was fluted or not. Also not a lot of documentation from the DWM 1921-1930 era survived (or if it did, it's not available). I believe the general consensus is that the fluted firing pin was a Mauser improvement and that would place it in 1934. Of course, firing pins will break and correctly numbered replacements will be found in pre-1934 guns, without doubt.

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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Wylon, Difficult to say. The problem is that on surviving blueprints it's impossible to make out whether the firing pin was fluted or not. Also not a lot of documentation from the DWM 1921-1930 era survived (or if it did, it's not available). I believe the general consensus is that the fluted firing pin was a Mauser improvement and that would place it in 1934. Of course, firing pins will break and correctly numbered replacements will be found in pre-1934 guns, without doubt.