History of Police Safety Sear Installation

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Wow!! Thanks Don! I guess there is more history we can squeze out of this girl!

The barrel/extension is quite obvious to date. Nice to know the information about the sight notch at the front of the receiver. I'll try to provide more info on any barrel markings once I get the gun in hand.

Originally Posted by Don M

The frame appears to have the serial number 2905s. If this is correct, it is almost certainly from a 29 DWM, manufactured in 1929.

What really amazes me is how you can deduce that the frame may be from a 1929 DWM. I would think that without any other markings other than the serial number it could have been from almost any year. If it is an "s" suffix (and I'll check that when I see it) that would narrow down to years that only had "s" frames made. But I see that there where a few years with "s" suffix frames made. Any insight on how you could be so sure that it would have been a 1929 frame just based on this?

Originally Posted by Don M

The marking on the grip strap (L.T.8.) is from the Landjägerei of the district of Trier and further supports that the frame is from one of the 29 DWMs that were issued to the police in 1929-30.

How would the police markings on the grip strap further support that it was made in 1929? It does look like the frame was blued after the police markings where made, plus the markings are very nicely done. Were the new guns that were manufactured in 1929 marked with the police markings and then blued and finished? If so, yes, I can see why it would be easy to deduce it was a 1929 frame. Please elaborate if you can.

Also, I read that there were 24,000 guns made for the Police forces in 1929 that had "s", "t", or "u" suffixes. Would these guns have the last 2 #s of the serial number also stamped on all the other parts of the gun as was the norm for military guns? Or would the other parts be blank or have small numbers like the commercial models?

Originally Posted by Don M

The grip strap marking is quite rare (HWIS pp.194-5).

Nice to see that this piece has some rarity to it. Why is this rare? Was this a small unit? What other information can you provide me on the Landjägerei of the district of Trier.

Thanks again for all your help! What would be a fair price for this Luger?