help with DWM,

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by MFC

"2984 p ...Wouldn't that be military???" It's also in the commercial range.

So a 4-digit isn't necessarily military; it could be a low-range commercial in the 'p' block of 9,999???

Commercials can have suffixes also??? (My two commercials are both 5-digit with no suffixes).

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

So a 4-digit isn't necessarily military; it could be a low-range commercial in the 'p' block of 9,999???

Commercials can have suffixes also??? (My two commercials are both 5-digit with no suffixes).

Where have you been?

That is why they call them "alphabet" commercials!

Started after the Great War with "i" and went thru "z", IIRC; though many did find their way into police use. First DWM, then Mauser.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Where have you been?

I'm not a collector; I'm a mucker...I just muck with them...

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I'm not a collector; I'm a mucker...I just muck with them...

Or muck "raker".

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

So a 4-digit isn't necessarily military; it could be a low-range commercial in the 'p' block of 9,999???

Commercials can have suffixes also??? (My two commercials are both 5-digit with no suffixes).

Rich, your commercials are early enough to have been numbered by the old commercial system, which was set aside in favor of the suffix block system of serializing, in 1921. Surviving examples with the 5-digit numbers peter out a little north of 96,000, but I don't know the significance ot those numbered above 92,000. After that, IIRC, military and commercial contracts were pulled from the same general production and configured as necessary. Look in Dwight's Commercial Data Base! http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=31901

[MFC]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Rich, your commercials are early enough to have been numbered by the old commercial system, which was set aside in favor of the suffix block system of serializing, in 1921. The 5-digit numbers peter out a little north of 96,000. [/url]

Commercial S#'s are continuous... 1 to 92000, then switched to military style, 2000i to ????z.

[Niblet]

hers a few more photos and ID on this piece is helpful,,still dont know caliber, wondering if commercial or military?