Rear Connecting Pin

bill m · 05-07-2001, 10:47 PM

The reason that some DWM and Erfurt Lugers have a numbered rear connecting pin, is the fact that they were reworked after 1932, when an order stated that all rear connecting pins be numbered. This does not mean that they were in steady use up until 1932, but that they were reworked after 1932. Original issue Imperial Lugers did not have the rear connecting pin numbered, and none were numbered during the Imperial era, but later, after 1932. I mentioned this in my earlier post.

The above order is why you see almost all double dates and Weimar police guns with the rear connecting pins numbers -- because they were reworked after 1932. When the sear safety was added and the magazine safety, the rear pin was also numbered. Some did elude this marking in the Weimar era, so once in a great while you do see a Weimar reworked gun without a numbered pin.

All Mauser military Lugers have the rear pin numbered. If it is not numbered, then it is an indication that it has been changed or replaced. The same with the Mauser Police Lugers. I am not completely sure about the commercial Mausers as I do not have any of those.

Each manufacture has different standards and rules to go by, so each can be different. Krieghoff is different than DWM, and ect., so you have to deal with each seperately.

05-07-2001, 10:47 PM	#1
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Rear Connecting Pin The reason that some DWM and Erfurt Lugers have a numbered rear connecting pin, is the fact that they were reworked after 1932, when an order stated that all rear connecting pins be numbered. This does not mean that they were in steady use up until 1932, but that they were reworked after 1932. Original issue Imperial Lugers did not have the rear connecting pin numbered, and none were numbered during the Imperial era, but later, after 1932. I mentioned this in my earlier post. The above order is why you see almost all double dates and Weimar police guns with the rear connecting pins numbers -- because they were reworked after 1932. When the sear safety was added and the magazine safety, the rear pin was also numbered. Some did elude this marking in the Weimar era, so once in a great while you do see a Weimar reworked gun without a numbered pin. All Mauser military Lugers have the rear pin numbered. If it is not numbered, then it is an indication that it has been changed or replaced. The same with the Mauser Police Lugers. I am not completely sure about the commercial Mausers as I do not have any of those. Each manufacture has different standards and rules to go by, so each can be different. Krieghoff is different than DWM, and ect., so you have to deal with each seperately.