New/Old Commercial Model - Info Requested

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by George Anderson

The number inside the side plate on DWM's is the first part of the serial number.

And since it *is* the first two of my ser #, that would seem to indicate that it is "original" and not force match...

However, after reading several threads here, the witness marks on barrel/grip frame are quite obviously two different strikes, and the font of the "n" is different, both indicating a re-barrel...

Originally Posted by alvin

Old catalog lists "Reconditioned Lugers". It's interesting to read what Stoeger offered in 1939...

alvin - Did you buy one of those repro Stoeger 1939 catalogs??? I was thinking about that myself...