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Doubs · 09-08-2002, 06:06 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Stevie:
<strong>I would like to know more about Wiemer era reworks. My pistol is a 1920 DWM, I understand the date is realy a property mark. Were these pisols considered a double date? You can barely see the removed date of 1916 on my gun with the 1920 stamped in the same spot. Did they totaly rebuild, or just refinish and remark the pistols? Is the serial# the same as it was in 1916? Stevie </strong><hr></blockquote>

The property mark (1920) was usually done at unit level and the quality of the stamping can range from very nice to quite crude.

I don't recall ever seeing a "Double Date" where the original date was removed and the "1920" stamped over it. Yours is, I believe, unusual in that respect. I'm not certain I'd call it a Double date as it really only has the property mark. What do others think of this?

Unless your pistol was reworked at some point in time, the finish and the serial number should be original. The exception being the area of the date where the original date was partially removed. That area will have been refinished.

Here's a picture of a Double Date DWM that I once owned. Note the neat, even factory date and the somewhat crude, uneven property mark that was likely applied by a unit armorer.

09-08-2002, 06:06 PM	#5
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by Stevie: <strong>I would like to know more about Wiemer era reworks. My pistol is a 1920 DWM, I understand the date is realy a property mark. Were these pisols considered a double date? You can barely see the removed date of 1916 on my gun with the 1920 stamped in the same spot. Did they totaly rebuild, or just refinish and remark the pistols? Is the serial# the same as it was in 1916? Stevie </strong><hr></blockquote> The property mark (1920) was usually done at unit level and the quality of the stamping can range from very nice to quite crude. I don't recall ever seeing a "Double Date" where the original date was removed and the "1920" stamped over it. Yours is, I believe, unusual in that respect. I'm not certain I'd call it a Double date as it really only has the property mark. What do others think of this? Unless your pistol was reworked at some point in time, the finish and the serial number should be original. The exception being the area of the date where the original date was partially removed. That area will have been refinished. Here's a picture of a Double Date DWM that I once owned. Note the neat, even factory date and the somewhat crude, uneven property mark that was likely applied by a unit armorer.