1918 DWM Arty Luger information needed

George Anderson · 07-16-2007, 05:02 PM

The difference between a 1917 LP08 and a 1918 LP08 is just as you stated "there are a whole lot more 1917's". Estimates of production numbers are 90,000 1917's and 25,000 1918's. All else being equal the 1918 is worth fifty to a hundred percent more than the 1917. If you had traded the machine for just the pistol you would have done well, with a matching stock, etc you did very, very well.

A 1915 dated holster on a 1918 rig is not at all unusual as more LP08 holsters were made in 1915 than any of the five years of manufacture.

07-16-2007, 05:02 PM	#4
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	The difference between a 1917 LP08 and a 1918 LP08 is just as you stated "there are a whole lot more 1917's". Estimates of production numbers are 90,000 1917's and 25,000 1918's. All else being equal the 1918 is worth fifty to a hundred percent more than the 1917. If you had traded the machine for just the pistol you would have done well, with a matching stock, etc you did very, very well. A 1915 dated holster on a 1918 rig is not at all unusual as more LP08 holsters were made in 1915 than any of the five years of manufacture.