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Unread 10-12-2014, 07:20 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by cirelaw View Post
Is there one model held about collectors as 'must have'?
If you are talking about Swiss, I would guess it would be a very early 1900 with an unrelieved frame and flat button magazine. Prototype and pre-production pieces are out of the question for anyone other than millionaires.

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Ron, why so many variations? Or is it??
Not many variations, just 1900 DWM military and commercial, 1906 DWM military and commercial, and the two produced by the Swiss - the Model 1906 Bern and the Model 1929 Bern

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Ron - the Swiss used DWM parts for quite a long time to assemble their Lugers, right? When did they start making their own?
Not exactly. DWM produced the Swiss Lugers up until WWI. The Swiss started making their own in 1918.
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