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bill m · 06-04-2001, 10:14 PM

Hi,

I agree with BCC. I would guess that the majority of the Weimar Lugers have been re-blued. The sear safety and magazine safety was not added until the early 1930's, and the reblue could have been done ealier, before the Nazi era. I think at the time of the reblue they also re-strawed most. DWM, Simson, and Krieghoff were all refurbishing Lugers as early as 1922, with DWM as early as 1919 I think. The extend of these refurbishing at this time, and then in the 1930's by the Nazi's makes for some very interesting guns. I have two Weimar complete rigs were all the serial numbers are matching, but the barrel serial number for instance is 1234 A, and the frame serial number is 1234 B, meaning that they took the frame and numbered it to match the receiver, but did not remove the old suffix letter. Not all of these Weimar guns were made from all the parts of the original gun. A lot were made from two and three different guns, but re-numbered to match. Some also have some DWM parts and some Erfurt parts, and still others have mis-matched parts that are original assembly for that particular gun. Most people want the gun to be all matching, but some of these Weimar guns were just not assembled for the police that way.

06-04-2001, 10:14 PM	#7
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Double Date Question Hi, I agree with BCC. I would guess that the majority of the Weimar Lugers have been re-blued. The sear safety and magazine safety was not added until the early 1930's, and the reblue could have been done ealier, before the Nazi era. I think at the time of the reblue they also re-strawed most. DWM, Simson, and Krieghoff were all refurbishing Lugers as early as 1922, with DWM as early as 1919 I think. The extend of these refurbishing at this time, and then in the 1930's by the Nazi's makes for some very interesting guns. I have two Weimar complete rigs were all the serial numbers are matching, but the barrel serial number for instance is 1234 A, and the frame serial number is 1234 B, meaning that they took the frame and numbered it to match the receiver, but did not remove the old suffix letter. Not all of these Weimar guns were made from all the parts of the original gun. A lot were made from two and three different guns, but re-numbered to match. Some also have some DWM parts and some Erfurt parts, and still others have mis-matched parts that are original assembly for that particular gun. Most people want the gun to be all matching, but some of these Weimar guns were just not assembled for the police that way.