1920 DWM

Dwight Gruber · 12-23-2002, 02:25 AM

I have a 1918 Artillery in exactly the same circumstances you report. My frame is 886b, barrel is 886l (in suffix-script these letters are not distinguished in a casual glance). Proper markings are exhibited on the barrel...

I was going to continue on with this, but then I re-read your message, and have some other questions.

Is your Luger chamber-dated 1920? If so, is it really a chamber date, or is it a Reichwehr-marked chamber (the 1920 does not represent a date, and the stamping can appear different from the familiar date stamps)? Is yours a Police weapon, does it have a sear safety? Are the locking lever and trigger plate serial numbered on the face or the edge? Does it have a Crown/N Commercial proof, or does it have military proofs?

If your gun is a Weimar rework, any number of things--some explicable, some not--could have been done to your Luger.

More details about your gun will be interesting.

--Dwight

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12-23-2002, 02:25 AM	#2
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	I have a 1918 Artillery in exactly the same circumstances you report. My frame is 886b, barrel is 886l (in suffix-script these letters are not distinguished in a casual glance). Proper markings are exhibited on the barrel... I was going to continue on with this, but then I re-read your message, and have some other questions. Is your Luger chamber-dated 1920? If so, is it really a chamber date, or is it a Reichwehr-marked chamber (the 1920 does not represent a date, and the stamping can appear different from the familiar date stamps)? Is yours a Police weapon, does it have a sear safety? Are the locking lever and trigger plate serial numbered on the face or the edge? Does it have a Crown/N Commercial proof, or does it have military proofs? If your gun is a Weimar rework, any number of things--some explicable, some not--could have been done to your Luger. More details about your gun will be interesting. --Dwight