DWM logo on chamber strap

Neil Young · 06-01-2012, 04:03 PM

I went by one of our local gun stores this morning and they had one shooter Luger. It was heavily buffed (even the acceptance and proof stamps were virtually gone) and refinished, as well as mismatched. It had one feature that I haven't seen before--a DWM logo on the chamber, where dates are normallly found. It was slightly smaller than the logo on the toggle and was professionally done. I don't think it was engraved, as it was done as well as the toggle logo. Anyone else seen one like this?

Of course, they wanted too much for it--$995.

Neil

Hugo Borchardt · 06-01-2012, 04:09 PM

Neil Young:

Greetings from Nashville. Apparently, at least according to Skynard, a southern man don't need you around anyhow. Profuse apologies if, as would be my luck, you are that Neil Young.

The 1908 Bulgarian Luger has the DWM logo on the chamber, and the Bulgarian Crest on the toggle. The gun you refer to could just have a mismatched toggle, if it also has the DWM on the toggle. Did you note if the safety was Bulgarian "07bHb" instead of "Gesischert"? Did it have a sling loop on the lower back strap?

Credit GunsTribune.com for photo.

Neil Young · 06-01-2012, 04:49 PM

Thanks Clark. You're plugging my old brain with more useful facts. No I didn't notice about the safety marking, but I will go back and check.

BTW, I'm not that Neil Young, and I'm not named after him. I'm actually older than him, if you can believe that anyone is older than him.

Neil

lugerholsterrepair · 06-01-2012, 07:02 PM

Neil, check to see if the lanyard loop is down where the stock lug would be..also a charecteristic of a Bulgarian. Too look at the extractor..German is Geladen bulgarian would be cyrillic something.

06-01-2012, 04:03 PM	#1
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 547 Thanks: 566 Thanked 443 Times in 168 Posts	DWM logo on chamber strap I went by one of our local gun stores this morning and they had one shooter Luger. It was heavily buffed (even the acceptance and proof stamps were virtually gone) and refinished, as well as mismatched. It had one feature that I haven't seen before--a DWM logo on the chamber, where dates are normallly found. It was slightly smaller than the logo on the toggle and was professionally done. I don't think it was engraved, as it was done as well as the toggle logo. Anyone else seen one like this? Of course, they wanted too much for it--$995. Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

06-01-2012, 04:09 PM	#2
Hugo Borchardt User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 372 Thanks: 340 Thanked 143 Times in 48 Posts	Neil Young: Greetings from Nashville. Apparently, at least according to Skynard, a southern man don't need you around anyhow. Profuse apologies if, as would be my luck, you are that Neil Young. The 1908 Bulgarian Luger has the DWM logo on the chamber, and the Bulgarian Crest on the toggle. The gun you refer to could just have a mismatched toggle, if it also has the DWM on the toggle. Did you note if the safety was Bulgarian "07bHb" instead of "Gesischert"? Did it have a sling loop on the lower back strap? Credit GunsTribune.com for photo. Attached Thumbnails __________________ My militaria collection is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dave Hill, Jr., wounded in action at The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943. http://www.tarawa1943.com/pages/casualties%20tarawa.htm

06-01-2012, 04:49 PM	#3
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 547 Thanks: 566 Thanked 443 Times in 168 Posts	Thanks Clark. You're plugging my old brain with more useful facts. No I didn't notice about the safety marking, but I will go back and check. BTW, I'm not that Neil Young, and I'm not named after him. I'm actually older than him, if you can believe that anyone is older than him. Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

06-01-2012, 07:02 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Neil, check to see if the lanyard loop is down where the stock lug would be..also a charecteristic of a Bulgarian. Too look at the extractor..German is Geladen bulgarian would be cyrillic something. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."