need help with an id

MikeH · 07-23-2003, 12:39 AM

To start off with, this is my first visit here and i would like to say you all sound like a great bunch of guys. I recently inherited along with a few other guns, a Luger pistol. I know more than a bit about most firearms but was shocked to find out all Lugers weren't the same. So here is what i have: there is an eagle above the chamber. Looks like a DWM on what i was told is an early style toggle. Has a grip safety as well as a thumb safety. There isn't any proof markings on it except for on the back of the toggle, take down lever and the bottom of the plate on the left side there is a 56. On the frame just below the barrel the sn# 5656 along with germany. The barrel at its base has 5656 as well. All the numbers match on this luger except for the wooden bottomed magazine which is numbered 2341 or 2941 and has a couple marks that look like 7's with a line through them. There is no stock lug and apart from the wear on the front and back strap and a little holster wear is in great shape. The little bit of info i have on this Luger came from my grandfather who purchased it. He said it was caliber .30 luger? and he thought it had been a pistol which had been tested by the Army. Any identification and history on this luger would be much welcomed. Hopefully i will be able to put up a few pictures of it in the next couple of days. Thanks again!!!

07-23-2003, 12:39 AM	#1
MikeH New User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Asheville,NC Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	need help with an id To start off with, this is my first visit here and i would like to say you all sound like a great bunch of guys. I recently inherited along with a few other guns, a Luger pistol. I know more than a bit about most firearms but was shocked to find out all Lugers weren't the same. So here is what i have: there is an eagle above the chamber. Looks like a DWM on what i was told is an early style toggle. Has a grip safety as well as a thumb safety. There isn't any proof markings on it except for on the back of the toggle, take down lever and the bottom of the plate on the left side there is a 56. On the frame just below the barrel the sn# 5656 along with germany. The barrel at its base has 5656 as well. All the numbers match on this luger except for the wooden bottomed magazine which is numbered 2341 or 2941 and has a couple marks that look like 7's with a line through them. There is no stock lug and apart from the wear on the front and back strap and a little holster wear is in great shape. The little bit of info i have on this Luger came from my grandfather who purchased it. He said it was caliber .30 luger? and he thought it had been a pistol which had been tested by the Army. Any identification and history on this luger would be much welcomed. Hopefully i will be able to put up a few pictures of it in the next couple of days. Thanks again!!!