Another one from the gunshow: 1918 DWM

Olle · 05-17-2016, 09:00 PM

I met up with a friend who brought some guns to trade, and I went for this one. I got a good trade, no money changed hands and we both went home happy.

I just disassembled it to check it out, and it's all matching down to the grips, firing pin and mag (which is the "+" marked spare). Now I finally have one representative, matching Luger from each of the World Wars.

Norme · 05-17-2016, 10:09 PM

Hi Olle,
It looks like a nice honest, un-messed with gun, thanks for sharing.
Regards, Norm

ithacaartist · 05-17-2016, 10:58 PM

Very, very nice! A great trade! (What was swapped for it?)

Olle · 05-18-2016, 08:22 AM

I traded even for a C96 I restored a while back. I can't remember how many hours I spent on it, but at least I didn't have too much "real money" in it.

DonVoigt · 05-18-2016, 08:55 AM

Good trade!

George Anderson · 05-18-2016, 10:42 AM

A very nice job on the C96.

kurusu · 05-18-2016, 10:59 AM

Ditto.

jrwinter44 · 05-18-2016, 01:31 PM

I had an '18 DWM with matching mag in almost identical condition two years ago and traded it. The only problem with that gun was that the two digits inside the grips were reversed. Serials and letter block were very close.

rhuff · 05-18-2016, 03:30 PM

It is always great when both sides of a trade are happy with the transaction. I would love to have either handgun.....or BOTH!!

Eugen · 05-18-2016, 03:36 PM

Golly that C96 looks pristine! Me want.
(just for the record this newbie has never seen or held a C96. Like never.)

MAUSER88 · 05-27-2016, 02:55 PM

WOW! That Broomhandle is sexy!!

05-17-2016, 09:00 PM	#1
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 663 Times in 318 Posts	Another one from the gunshow: 1918 DWM I met up with a friend who brought some guns to trade, and I went for this one. I got a good trade, no money changed hands and we both went home happy. I just disassembled it to check it out, and it's all matching down to the grips, firing pin and mag (which is the "+" marked spare). Now I finally have one representative, matching Luger from each of the World Wars. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Deer Hollow Enterprises, LLC Gun repair and restoration

05-17-2016, 10:58 PM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,336 Thanks: 7,244 Thanked 2,556 Times in 1,361 Posts	Very, very nice! A great trade! (What was swapped for it?) __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

05-18-2016, 08:22 AM	#4
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 663 Times in 318 Posts	I traded even for a C96 I restored a while back. I can't remember how many hours I spent on it, but at least I didn't have too much "real money" in it. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Deer Hollow Enterprises, LLC Gun repair and restoration

05-18-2016, 08:55 AM	#5
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Good trade! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

05-18-2016, 03:36 PM	#10
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 788 Thanks: 391 Thanked 630 Times in 333 Posts	Golly that C96 looks pristine! Me want. (just for the record this newbie has never seen or held a C96. Like never.) __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

05-17-2016, 10:09 PM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Olle, It looks like a nice honest, un-messed with gun, thanks for sharing. Regards, Norm

05-18-2016, 10:42 AM	#6
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	A very nice job on the C96.

05-18-2016, 10:59 AM	#7
kurusu User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 2,679 Thanked 930 Times in 509 Posts	Ditto.

05-18-2016, 01:31 PM	#8
jrwinter44 User Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 21 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I had an '18 DWM with matching mag in almost identical condition two years ago and traded it. The only problem with that gun was that the two digits inside the grips were reversed. Serials and letter block were very close.

05-18-2016, 03:30 PM	#9
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,289 Thanks: 2,704 Thanked 971 Times in 716 Posts	It is always great when both sides of a trade are happy with the transaction. I would love to have either handgun.....or BOTH!!

05-27-2016, 02:55 PM	#11
MAUSER88 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 257 Thanks: 5 Thanked 58 Times in 31 Posts	WOW! That Broomhandle is sexy!!