Unidentified Firing Object

havanahanz · 02-17-2008, 12:42 AM

OK Folks, Here goes my very first posting - Dad just gifted me one of the Luger's from my late Grandfather's collection. A real sharp looking Luger with a real tough-to-id marking set. The Luger is marked as follows: #8423 main ID, has a lower-case "d" under the four-digit ID on the face of the frame (under the barrel), with the script "DWM" on the toggle BUT has 42 stamped on top of barrel (receiver). My question comes from basic research in the common Luger books that say there were NO Lugers made in the DWM after 1936 (??) and that production had been moved to Oberndorf for production by Mauser. If this is true, how does my pistol have a 42 (I "assume" this means 1942) but with a production stamp on the toggle from Berlin?? HELP anyone?? Thank you, Bill

02-17-2008, 12:42 AM	#1
havanahanz New User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North West Arkansas Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Unidentified Firing Object OK Folks, Here goes my very first posting - Dad just gifted me one of the Luger's from my late Grandfather's collection. A real sharp looking Luger with a real tough-to-id marking set. The Luger is marked as follows: #8423 main ID, has a lower-case "d" under the four-digit ID on the face of the frame (under the barrel), with the script "DWM" on the toggle BUT has 42 stamped on top of barrel (receiver). My question comes from basic research in the common Luger books that say there were NO Lugers made in the DWM after 1936 (??) and that production had been moved to Oberndorf for production by Mauser. If this is true, how does my pistol have a 42 (I "assume" this means 1942) but with a production stamp on the toggle from Berlin?? HELP anyone?? Thank you, Bill

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