ID'ing new Luger

lugersrkewl · 03-04-2013, 02:17 AM

Welcome

not an expert but Ill take a stab at it for fun while the experts are sleeping.
if its 9mm looks like an imperial 1914-1918 manufacture then reworked by mauser in the early 30's. Then it got stamped for commercial export.
If its .30 luger I dont even have a guess what it .

rvance174 · 03-04-2013, 02:31 AM

The early Mauser rework would explain the C/c/U, right? But as I stated it's a 7.65, so that makes it a civilian, right? But why would it's parts be serial numbered like a military pistol and why would it have what are seemingly military proofs?

I'm hesitant to speculate given that I'm such a rookie when it comes to these pistols, but could it be that at some point it was a 9mm and in some military arsenal, but then re-barrel by Mauser to 7.65 for civilian sale?

But if it was built as a military weapon wouldn't it have the date stamp on the barrel crown? Or could it have been built as a civilian pistol, been drafted into service and changed to 9mm and at that point had the parts numbered and the proofs added, then re-worked back to it's original civilian caliber?

rvance174 · 03-04-2013, 02:44 AM

I'm surprised that I have been unable to find a list of DWM serial numbers showing when the pistols where built and what they were originally built as. Given the popularity of these weapons I thought this would be information that was readily available.

I'm really hoping one of the experts tells me this pistol saw military service, because then I'll be able to completely justify spending the money to have it changed back to 9mm. I'll be restoring history (at least that's what I'll tell my wife)!

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03-04-2013, 02:17 AM	#1
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	Welcome not an expert but Ill take a stab at it for fun while the experts are sleeping. if its 9mm looks like an imperial 1914-1918 manufacture then reworked by mauser in the early 30's. Then it got stamped for commercial export. If its .30 luger I dont even have a guess what it .

03-04-2013, 02:31 AM	#2
rvance174 User Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 14 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The early Mauser rework would explain the C/c/U, right? But as I stated it's a 7.65, so that makes it a civilian, right? But why would it's parts be serial numbered like a military pistol and why would it have what are seemingly military proofs? I'm hesitant to speculate given that I'm such a rookie when it comes to these pistols, but could it be that at some point it was a 9mm and in some military arsenal, but then re-barrel by Mauser to 7.65 for civilian sale? But if it was built as a military weapon wouldn't it have the date stamp on the barrel crown? Or could it have been built as a civilian pistol, been drafted into service and changed to 9mm and at that point had the parts numbered and the proofs added, then re-worked back to it's original civilian caliber?

03-04-2013, 02:44 AM	#3
rvance174 User Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 14 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm surprised that I have been unable to find a list of DWM serial numbers showing when the pistols where built and what they were originally built as. Given the popularity of these weapons I thought this would be information that was readily available. I'm really hoping one of the experts tells me this pistol saw military service, because then I'll be able to completely justify spending the money to have it changed back to 9mm. I'll be restoring history (at least that's what I'll tell my wife)!