1908 ? Dwm

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by postino

Where do you even *find* a backwards 'N' stamp???

Check out the Cyrillic alphabet. The "5" with its little ball terminus is also a bit like an Eastern European style. It could be totally bogus or it might be an Eastern European rework of some sort.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Check out the Cyrillic alphabet. The "5" with its little ball terminus is also a bit like an Eastern European style. It could be totally bogus or it might be an Eastern European rework of some sort.

...And the 'crown' that looks like a bunch of bananas???...

OK, it's legitimate, and I'm wrong...So, what's the answer to the OP's question "is it comm or mil. is it a 1908 test/accep model?" ???

(I think we can all agree that it is a rework...of one kind or another)

[Edited by postino, who is no expert on anything, and may well be an idiot]

[rivieraranch]

[QUOTE=postino;196518]...And the 'crown' that looks like a bunch of bananas???...



Maybe it's the "Banana Republic" variation.

[Michael Zeleny]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Check out the Cyrillic alphabet. The "5" with its little ball terminus is also a bit like an Eastern European style. It could be totally bogus or it might be an Eastern European rework of some sort.

Well said, Ron. My money is on this being the third and final specimen in the elusive DWM series of Russian contract prototypes, bearing the echt Cyrillic code Й. It remains to complete the most common inscription in the Russian language by locating pistols marked with Х and У.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Michael Zeleny

My money is on this being the third and final specimen in the elusive DWM series of Russian contract prototypes, bearing the echt Cyrillic code Й. It remains to complete the most common inscription in the Russian language by locating pistols marked with Х and У.

... ...

Buy it, quick!!!