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bill m · 01-10-2002, 03:29 PM

Hi Marvin, Bob,

One must stay in the time frame of the gun he is examining. In this case, this is a Weimar Police gun and not an Erfurt or DWM Army Luger. What applies to the Imperial Lugers does not necessarily apply to the Weimar Lugers.

For instance, the cut in the receiver. Erfurt made the cut on almost, if not all of their later Lugers and then issued them with a 4 inch barrel. DWM did not do this, so if it is cut on the receiver of a DWM, it was an artillery Luger. The Crown RC was only used by Erfurt as a out of tolerance stamp. DWM did not use it.

What all this is telling you, is that this gun was made up for the Weimar police from different guns and different manufactures. DWM toggle and Erfurt crown rc markings. This was perfectly correct during this time frame. Most of the time the parts are all matching, but sometimes they are not. Sometimes the grips are the original Imperial grips, and sometimes they were changed when a magazine safety was added. Some of these show a lot of reworking and refinishing, and others do not, which is what makes these so interesting. Weimar Lugers are a different game, with different rules, than Imperial Lugers, and you can't say just because it was once an Imperial Luger that this is how it should be, because that is not usually the case.

01-10-2002, 03:29 PM	#5
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: D-Date Police Questions,,, Hi Marvin, Bob, One must stay in the time frame of the gun he is examining. In this case, this is a Weimar Police gun and not an Erfurt or DWM Army Luger. What applies to the Imperial Lugers does not necessarily apply to the Weimar Lugers. For instance, the cut in the receiver. Erfurt made the cut on almost, if not all of their later Lugers and then issued them with a 4 inch barrel. DWM did not do this, so if it is cut on the receiver of a DWM, it was an artillery Luger. The Crown RC was only used by Erfurt as a out of tolerance stamp. DWM did not use it. What all this is telling you, is that this gun was made up for the Weimar police from different guns and different manufactures. DWM toggle and Erfurt crown rc markings. This was perfectly correct during this time frame. Most of the time the parts are all matching, but sometimes they are not. Sometimes the grips are the original Imperial grips, and sometimes they were changed when a magazine safety was added. Some of these show a lot of reworking and refinishing, and others do not, which is what makes these so interesting. Weimar Lugers are a different game, with different rules, than Imperial Lugers, and you can't say just because it was once an Imperial Luger that this is how it should be, because that is not usually the case.