nice gun from your first photos!! I too have a 1917 DWM- serial no 7097 (no suffix). I have only been here for two months - learning about these historic firearms can become a great passion
Mine turns out to be more of a collectable, so I have elected not to shoot it- and soon found a shooter which I can't wait to try out. (Have to wait another 7 months by Dutch law) in the meantime, browsing the stickies and other threads, and getting hold of books on the subject has been great fun and very educational.