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bill m · 05-08-2001, 08:50 AM

Hi Kyrie,

That was very interesting, and I'm sure it came to you like that, but it just doesn't make any since to me. If I'm correct in my thinking here, all the commercial DWM's had a blank pin. This means all the 1900, 1908's, 1914'a, 1920's and 1923's. If all the Imperial DWM's and Erfurts militaries also had blank pins when they left the factory, as I think they did, that means your gun was either sent back for rework or repair at some time, and they numbered the pin to keep track of it, or it was replaced later, with a matching pin, in my opinion. I just do not believe that they ever numbered any pins originally for the Imperial Lugers, and my thoughts are that the pin was originally blank and replaced sometime, for what reason I couldn't guess. Those numbered connecting pins did not become an order until 1932, which is a fact and can be documented. Interesting, and I'm sure there is more to the story of that gun and its pin. Perhaps I am totally wrong on this and they did randomly number some, but it just doesn't seem logical or make since to me that they did. Why would DWM randomly do something different on an assembly line, and wait until 1917 to do it?

05-08-2001, 08:50 AM	#7
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Rear Connecting Pin Hi Kyrie, That was very interesting, and I'm sure it came to you like that, but it just doesn't make any since to me. If I'm correct in my thinking here, all the commercial DWM's had a blank pin. This means all the 1900, 1908's, 1914'a, 1920's and 1923's. If all the Imperial DWM's and Erfurts militaries also had blank pins when they left the factory, as I think they did, that means your gun was either sent back for rework or repair at some time, and they numbered the pin to keep track of it, or it was replaced later, with a matching pin, in my opinion. I just do not believe that they ever numbered any pins originally for the Imperial Lugers, and my thoughts are that the pin was originally blank and replaced sometime, for what reason I couldn't guess. Those numbered connecting pins did not become an order until 1932, which is a fact and can be documented. Interesting, and I'm sure there is more to the story of that gun and its pin. Perhaps I am totally wrong on this and they did randomly number some, but it just doesn't seem logical or make since to me that they did. Why would DWM randomly do something different on an assembly line, and wait until 1917 to do it?