1914 dwm

[Russ]

jeb111

All the 1914 DWM artilleries are 3 digit serial numbers with no suffix letter. The people who fake them will take a 1915 or 1916 gun and change the date to 1914 because they bring more money. Look at the side profile of the top of the chamber. some will be dished where the number was taken off and re stamped.


Jerry
I wish. I am working at Morphy auctions now. I see a ton of good guns and a ton of bad guns. We have 88 lugers and 4 Borchardts in our next auction at the end of the month. We have a very nice collection of Lugers coming to market in our April auction. The best Dutch gun I have ever had the pleasure of handling and a few other rare guns.


Russ

[George Anderson]

Originally Posted by Russ

jeb111

All the 1914 DWM artilleries are 3 digit serial numbers with no suffix letter.

Several are known that have four digit serial numbers. I have owned 1200, 1203 and 1263. As Russ says, they never have a letter suffix and they all have triple crown over S acceptance stamps on the right side of the receiver.

[Sergio Natali]

Originally Posted by Russ

I have had three 1914 dated DWM artillery lugers cross my desk in the last month. Two of them were phony. it's a sad day for this hobby.

As years are passing by, finding phony vintage guns will be more more and more frequent.
Anyway I think that some detailed pictures of fakes evidencing their faults could be interesting and useful for the general knowledge of our Luger aficionados.

[m1903a3]

Originally Posted by Russ

jeb111

I am working at Morphy auctions now. I see a ton of good guns and a ton of bad guns. We have 88 lugers and 4 Borchardts in our next auction at the end of the month. We have a very nice collection of Lugers coming to market in our April auction. The best Dutch gun I have ever had the pleasure of handling and a few other rare guns.


Russ

Perhaps you can fix the Navy Luger descriptions.

Four say the extractor is marked "giladen", hopefully a typo since the correct marking is "geladen".

Lot 542 is identified as a P.08. All Imperial Navy Lugers with 150mm barrels are P.04s.