First post and pics of 1910 DWM

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Originally posted by Edward Tinker
A 1910 is very rare in itself (17k estimated made, however, the a suffix would be incorrect, should be "b", "c" or "d".

Your knobbie on the left, well, what the hell is that? (note, read over your thingy on the safety thingy and now understand)

Are you Positive about the caliber? i.e, that it is not 9mm? Note, it appears to have 8,xx (the xx being eitehr 8,82 or 8,83, 8,84 etc., the lands to lands measurement) If so, then the barrel is actually 9mm, and may have been lined as a 7.65mm (30 luger), I have a 1913 that is just like that, almost impossible to tell it has been relined...

From your angle, what does the unit marking look like on the front grip strap?

After looking through the picture examples of the letter suffixes, it does look like it could be a script d. The initial upstroke, the bottom of the letter, and the final downstroke are visible, and they match the pictures. Unfortunately, the top half of the letter is gone.

It most definitely has a bottleneck .30 chamber, and now that you mention the possibility of a liner, there is a slight hint of a ridge on the inside of muzzle, and another inside the chamber. A 9mm chamber would be straight right up to the lands right?

There is virtually no blueing left on this pistol, or if it is blueing it has turned into a kind of brownish patina. There has been extensive polishing as evidenced by the rounding of all the sharp edges. Really, the only blueing left is underneath the toggle, and on the bolt.

To me the unit markings look like Z.U.1.10. (smaller font on last 10) and the markings on the barrel by the witness mark look like 8, 4.

As for the safety mod, my grandpa just said that his friend had very small hands and found it difficult to manipulate the safety so he added the stud to the saftey.

I put around 10 rounds through this pistol shortly after my Grandfather's death (Fiocchi 30 luger). Unfortunately, it was a jam-o-matic and would not cycle. It would not chamber unless I hand cycled it. A bit frustrating. It did put 'em where I wanted 'em though! :-)

Thanks for all the help, I'd love to put together a data sheet for this pistol that my sons will be able to use to ID the thing after I'm gone.

Cheers,
Chris