My weekend question??

DAVID · 05-18-2001, 10:44 PM

A friend of a friend called me today from Indiana. Has a 1918 DWM marked 1920 with sear safety and mag safety. don't know if the mag safety is operational or not.

question: the pistol has an aluminum mag base with the number 1 and the serial number of the pistol on it. When did the aluminum mag bases come into use. TIA David.

Hugh · 05-19-2001, 12:02 AM

Ifn ah membr kerectly it wuz rite afta they quit usin tha wood wunz.

DAVID · 05-19-2001, 12:13 AM

And if ikalculat korectly daat was befour day started usinthe plastik ones write. David

Hugh · 05-19-2001, 12:48 AM

Marvin · 05-19-2001, 06:25 AM

David,

The pistol is a Weimar stamped Army pistol (the 1920 property stamp indicates this). At some point it was transferred to a Police and the Sear Safety and magazine Safety added. VERY few magazines safeties were left intact. To make them inoperative, some just had the metal contact with the trigger "clipped" so it would not operate; mine is like this. As to the magazines being correct, it sounds like it may be. In the late 1920s they changed from the wood base to the aluminim base and stamped the pistol S/N on the base and the Number 1, 2, & 3 for the magazines. The number 1 was the main mag and the 2 & 3 were the spares respectivly.

I love these old WWI, Weimar and Nazi used Lugers. They really have a long history of sevice.

Marvin

Steve Lempitski · 05-19-2001, 08:08 AM

U are bad spellars. Did u go to publik skool?

05-19-2001, 08:13 AM

David, Since the Police added mags to their pistols on an as needed basis, almost anything is possible, but if the mag was added when the sear & mag safetly rework was done (post 1933), I would expect a nickel plated Schmeisser marked mag with some type of police acceptance on it. What type of mag do you have and any markings on it?

Dok · 05-19-2001, 09:03 AM

The reason they spell as they do, is that they only went to school twice... and the second time, the teacher wasn't there!!

John D. · 05-19-2001, 09:08 AM

"Spelling miztakes" are common. What is uncommon to this Board are folksÃ¢?? willingness to contribute information and share knowledge without the fear of reprisals from spelling nihilists.

Sew their.

DAVID · 05-19-2001, 10:21 AM

Tom the gun was being described to me over the phone and he will not be able to show it to me until October. But he said the mag appeared nickle.

BILL · 05-19-2001, 11:55 AM

Only the 'dull of mind' are limited to a single way of spelling a word. Don't quote me on this.

Steve Lempitski · 05-20-2001, 09:44 AM

I only worry about spelling when writing to my literate friends, but since I have no friends, I don't worry about it.

ViggoG · 05-21-2001, 12:37 AM

Who cares about spelling

fish spend their entire lives in schools aand they cant spell "DAM"

ViggoG

05-18-2001, 10:44 PM	#1
DAVID User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Debary, FL. Posts: 129 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My weekend question?? A friend of a friend called me today from Indiana. Has a 1918 DWM marked 1920 with sear safety and mag safety. don't know if the mag safety is operational or not. question: the pistol has an aluminum mag base with the number 1 and the serial number of the pistol on it. When did the aluminum mag bases come into use. TIA David.

05-19-2001, 12:02 AM	#2
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Re: My weekend question?? Ifn ah membr kerectly it wuz rite afta they quit usin tha wood wunz.

05-19-2001, 12:13 AM	#3
DAVID User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Debary, FL. Posts: 129 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My weekend question?? And if ikalculat korectly daat was befour day started usinthe plastik ones write. David

05-19-2001, 12:48 AM	#4
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	David, U is kerect ! (EOM)

05-19-2001, 06:25 AM	#5
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My weekend question?? David, The pistol is a Weimar stamped Army pistol (the 1920 property stamp indicates this). At some point it was transferred to a Police and the Sear Safety and magazine Safety added. VERY few magazines safeties were left intact. To make them inoperative, some just had the metal contact with the trigger "clipped" so it would not operate; mine is like this. As to the magazines being correct, it sounds like it may be. In the late 1920s they changed from the wood base to the aluminim base and stamped the pistol S/N on the base and the Number 1, 2, & 3 for the magazines. The number 1 was the main mag and the 2 & 3 were the spares respectivly. I love these old WWI, Weimar and Nazi used Lugers. They really have a long history of sevice. Marvin

05-19-2001, 08:08 AM	#6
Steve Lempitski User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Old Cape Cod Posts: 238 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: My weekend question?? U are bad spellars. Did u go to publik skool?

05-19-2001, 08:13 AM	#7
tom h Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My weekend question?? David, Since the Police added mags to their pistols on an as needed basis, almost anything is possible, but if the mag was added when the sear & mag safetly rework was done (post 1933), I would expect a nickel plated Schmeisser marked mag with some type of police acceptance on it. What type of mag do you have and any markings on it?

05-19-2001, 09:03 AM	#8
Dok RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bermuda (Eat Your Heart Out) Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Publik Skool... The reason they spell as they do, is that they only went to school twice... and the second time, the teacher wasn't there!!

05-19-2001, 09:08 AM	#9
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 478 Thanked 517 Times in 129 Posts	Hi Steve "Spelling miztakes" are common. What is uncommon to this Board are folksÃ¢?? willingness to contribute information and share knowledge without the fear of reprisals from spelling nihilists. Sew their.

05-19-2001, 10:21 AM	#10
DAVID User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Debary, FL. Posts: 129 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My weekend question?? Tom the gun was being described to me over the phone and he will not be able to show it to me until October. But he said the mag appeared nickle.

05-19-2001, 11:55 AM	#11
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Publik Skool... Only the 'dull of mind' are limited to a single way of spelling a word. Don't quote me on this.

05-20-2001, 09:44 AM	#12
Steve Lempitski User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Old Cape Cod Posts: 238 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Publik Skool... I only worry about spelling when writing to my literate friends, but since I have no friends, I don't worry about it.

05-21-2001, 12:37 AM	#13
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Publik Skool... Who cares about spelling fish spend their entire lives in schools aand they cant spell "DAM" ViggoG

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