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Ron Smith · 01-14-2006, 09:56 AM

Hi Ed,

From your photos, it appears to have begun as a 1916 DWM Artillery. Note the notch machined on the leading edge of the chamber. This a clearance cut for an artillery sight.

Since the barrel and frame serial numbers match. I would surmise that it is a Weimar era(1920s) rework which has had the other matching parts replaced at some later date, as Ed states. Due to loss or breakage.

Ron

01-14-2006, 09:56 AM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Ed, From your photos, it appears to have begun as a 1916 DWM Artillery. Note the notch machined on the leading edge of the chamber. This a clearance cut for an artillery sight. Since the barrel and frame serial numbers match. I would surmise that it is a Weimar era(1920s) rework which has had the other matching parts replaced at some later date, as Ed states. Due to loss or breakage. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...