grandpa's luger

alanint · 05-24-2012, 07:40 AM

Hi Matej,

Welcome to the forum!
You have an early 1910 dated DWM Luger that has been put together from the parts of at least 2 pistols. This gun was reissued by the Weimar goverment after its probable use in WW1, (see the 1920 property stamp) and both main assemblies of the gun (#2018 upper receiver/barrel and lower Frame #7666B) were once issued to the police, since the upper has a sear safety and the lower frame has the remnants of a magazine safety. These two assemblies were probably mistakenly joined while in police service.
The pistol has been buffed and refinished and would be what we consider a "shooter" here in the US with little collector value.
Still, it is a nice gun with lots of history and I'm sure you will enjoy shooting it.

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05-24-2012, 07:40 AM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Hi Matej, Welcome to the forum! You have an early 1910 dated DWM Luger that has been put together from the parts of at least 2 pistols. This gun was reissued by the Weimar goverment after its probable use in WW1, (see the 1920 property stamp) and both main assemblies of the gun (#2018 upper receiver/barrel and lower Frame #7666B) were once issued to the police, since the upper has a sear safety and the lower frame has the remnants of a magazine safety. These two assemblies were probably mistakenly joined while in police service. The pistol has been buffed and refinished and would be what we consider a "shooter" here in the US with little collector value. Still, it is a nice gun with lots of history and I'm sure you will enjoy shooting it.