1920 .30 cal DWM Luger?

r010159 · 10-01-2017, 10:30 PM

"Yes (given that it's sometimes difficult to determine this in pictures), your Luger looks like it may be refinished to me. "k" block should be in 1922 or 1923.

What do you mean the "k" block? The SN ends in "h".

"The edges do look sharp in most places, but appear rounded in others in the photos. "

Yes I have noticed this. I paid allot of money from a reputable firearms dealer that I have known for years. He had personally owned this one. I think he may have made a mistake!

"Areas like the frame rails should be in the white. Take a look inside. Also the recoil spring link and the lock pin on the toggle main axle. "

What is the recoil spring link? The lock pin? I understand these questions are something I should understand. Sorry.

Here is what I found so far. The inside of the rails have been blued. Also there is a pin into the top of the pistol which the toggle rotates around. The side of this pin has been blued. The one in the back of the pistol which the toggle also pivots around is blued. This does not look goid at all.

mrerick · 10-02-2017, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by r010159

"Yes (given that it's sometimes difficult to determine this in pictures), your Luger looks like it may be refinished to me. "k" block should be in 1922 or 1923.

What do you mean the "k" block? The SN ends in "h"

Well, the DWM Alphabet Commercial series started with suffix "i" in about 1922. They were 5 digit numeric before that.

If it really is an "h" something is seriously wrong.

I did my best to interpret what I could from your photo, which is unfortunately difficult to determine detail in.

We have a graphic of the script letters that DWM used in the FAQ PDF file. Take a look.

r010159 · 10-02-2017, 05:59 PM

Now that I have the pistol field stripped, I can now see clearly that it is a "k". My mistake. Now in the same vein as reworked oistols, I found in the "The Blue Book of Gun Values" by S.P. Fjestad, he gives a description of the 1920 model. The following is an excerpt from that description. "...since these guns were assembled using the parts of previously manufactured Lugers, including 1900-1906 mfg. with the grip safety on the frame". This does not make any sense to me unless the parts were restamped, reassembled, and then reblued.

10-01-2017, 10:30 PM	#1
r010159 User Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	"Yes (given that it's sometimes difficult to determine this in pictures), your Luger looks like it may be refinished to me. "k" block should be in 1922 or 1923. What do you mean the "k" block? The SN ends in "h". "The edges do look sharp in most places, but appear rounded in others in the photos. " Yes I have noticed this. I paid allot of money from a reputable firearms dealer that I have known for years. He had personally owned this one. I think he may have made a mistake! "Areas like the frame rails should be in the white. Take a look inside. Also the recoil spring link and the lock pin on the toggle main axle. " What is the recoil spring link? The lock pin? I understand these questions are something I should understand. Sorry. Here is what I found so far. The inside of the rails have been blued. Also there is a pin into the top of the pistol which the toggle rotates around. The side of this pin has been blued. The one in the back of the pistol which the toggle also pivots around is blued. This does not look goid at all. Last edited by r010159; 10-02-2017 at 09:34 AM.

10-02-2017, 05:59 PM	#3
r010159 User Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Now that I have the pistol field stripped, I can now see clearly that it is a "k". My mistake. Now in the same vein as reworked oistols, I found in the "The Blue Book of Gun Values" by S.P. Fjestad, he gives a description of the 1920 model. The following is an excerpt from that description. "...since these guns were assembled using the parts of previously manufactured Lugers, including 1900-1906 mfg. with the grip safety on the frame". This does not make any sense to me unless the parts were restamped, reassembled, and then reblued. Last edited by r010159; 10-02-2017 at 06:46 PM.

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