DWM, military luger, year made?

Edward Tinker · 02-27-2003, 07:47 PM

All depends on when it was made. They made over 140,000 in 1916 during WW1, so it depends on who made it, what year and then you can figrue out the year. If it is a commercial, then "generally" they run in a consecutive series, until right before WW2, then their numbering changed.

So Sax, you have to go by proof / acceptance marks on them and if they made them in blocks of 10,000, then it depends on the year they made them. They didn't start each year at block 1, as sometimes they weren't done with last years s block for example, if you look at the charts in Jan's books, they really amaze you how some of the blocks were kind of weirdly marked.

my 2 cents, <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Ed

02-27-2003, 07:47 PM	#1
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,977 Thanks: 2,076 Thanked 4,612 Times in 2,125 Posts	All depends on when it was made. They made over 140,000 in 1916 during WW1, so it depends on who made it, what year and then you can figrue out the year. If it is a commercial, then "generally" they run in a consecutive series, until right before WW2, then their numbering changed. So Sax, you have to go by proof / acceptance marks on them and if they made them in blocks of 10,000, then it depends on the year they made them. They didn't start each year at block 1, as sometimes they weren't done with last years s block for example, if you look at the charts in Jan's books, they really amaze you how some of the blocks were kind of weirdly marked. my 2 cents, <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

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