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Doug · 02-03-2002, 10:30 PM

Went to gun show on Saturday. Saw a few Lugers there, but one caught my interest. It was not for sale, but I looked at it anyway. It was a 1916 DWM that started out as an artillery. It was reworked by the Weimar government and had the 1920 property stamp and a Weimar rework proof on the side. It also made it to WWI and had a S/42 renumbered barrel and a Eagle 359 I think. So here was a gun that saw service in three different German governments and two world wars survived and probably came back in a GI's duffel bag! Probably not real collectable, but pretty neat all in all.

02-03-2002, 10:30 PM	#1
Doug User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: USA Posts: 168 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Historical Luger. Went to gun show on Saturday. Saw a few Lugers there, but one caught my interest. It was not for sale, but I looked at it anyway. It was a 1916 DWM that started out as an artillery. It was reworked by the Weimar government and had the 1920 property stamp and a Weimar rework proof on the side. It also made it to WWI and had a S/42 renumbered barrel and a Eagle 359 I think. So here was a gun that saw service in three different German governments and two world wars survived and probably came back in a GI's duffel bag! Probably not real collectable, but pretty neat all in all.