Historical Luger.

Doug · 02-03-2002, 10:30 PM

Went to gun show on Saturday. Saw a few Lugers there, but one caught my interest. It was not for sale, but I looked at it anyway. It was a 1916 DWM that started out as an artillery. It was reworked by the Weimar government and had the 1920 property stamp and a Weimar rework proof on the side. It also made it to WWI and had a S/42 renumbered barrel and a Eagle 359 I think. So here was a gun that saw service in three different German governments and two world wars survived and probably came back in a GI's duffel bag! Probably not real collectable, but pretty neat all in all.

Marvin · 02-04-2002, 07:01 AM

Doug,

To me, these are very collectible and very interesting because of their long sevice history. The real problem with weimar reworoks is the many differnt companies, workshops, and military that workes on them. It does make it difficult to authenticate some of them. this pistol with the S/42 replacement barrel normally confirms that it saw service in WWII.

Although it was not for sale, did the dealer have any information about the pistol or it's value?

Marvin

02-03-2002, 10:30 PM	#1
Doug User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: USA Posts: 168 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Historical Luger. Went to gun show on Saturday. Saw a few Lugers there, but one caught my interest. It was not for sale, but I looked at it anyway. It was a 1916 DWM that started out as an artillery. It was reworked by the Weimar government and had the 1920 property stamp and a Weimar rework proof on the side. It also made it to WWI and had a S/42 renumbered barrel and a Eagle 359 I think. So here was a gun that saw service in three different German governments and two world wars survived and probably came back in a GI's duffel bag! Probably not real collectable, but pretty neat all in all.

02-04-2002, 07:01 AM	#2
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Historical Luger. Doug, To me, these are very collectible and very interesting because of their long sevice history. The real problem with weimar reworoks is the many differnt companies, workshops, and military that workes on them. It does make it difficult to authenticate some of them. this pistol with the S/42 replacement barrel normally confirms that it saw service in WWII. Although it was not for sale, did the dealer have any information about the pistol or it's value? Marvin