My first luger

[Kleist]

Dwight,
First, I would like to thank you for the time you spent posting your detailed analysis. This is exactly the feed back I was looking for. It took me all night to take and post those pictures so I can appreciate the effort. I had trouble finding a similar example online. All of the commercials I could find had the DWM logo on top and no serial number on the side of the receiver next to the nitro mark.
Being that I am new to this, I am still confused on a few things:
1) Why would they need to remove the logo when all the other commercials had them anyway?
2) If this was an original Imperial gun that was â??rebuiltâ?� as a post 1920 commercial, what theory does this prove?
3) How does it relate to the â??newâ?� 1920 commercials?
4) Where does it fall in the database?
5) Or is this in some kind of category of its own?

So, to sum it up, this is a Great War gun that needed its barrel replaced post 1920 (could have seen some action in the war?). In order to replace the barrel it needed to be re-tested or â??nitro proofedâ?�. It seems like in order to do this; all pre-existing military marks had to be removed. Also, the only post war option for a new barrel was a .30 cal less than 4â?�. Some time later it made it to the states but then again had to have its barrel replaced in what appears to be .30 cal (could have seen some use in WW2?).

Very interesting history on such a common Luger.