Blank Toggle DWM/BKIW Lugers

Don M · 01-25-2011, 01:23 PM

Ron, while it is not terribly important to this discussion, I do think that the estimate of 25,000 blank-toggle Lugers is too high. These are found in the late s through mid u serial blocks as noted by Görtz & Sturgess. At most, this is a range of less than 20,000 pistols. If you factor in the apparent 15% of police Lugers in this range with DWM toggles, you are down to less than 17,000. Then, if you subtract the Reichsmarine, Stoeger and other pistols in this range noted by Dwight, you can easily get down to a number below 15,000. I do agree, however, that either of these estimates is too large to fit the "few thousand" or "couple of thousand" notation by Dr. Gminder.

01-25-2011, 01:23 PM	#15
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	Ron, while it is not terribly important to this discussion, I do think that the estimate of 25,000 blank-toggle Lugers is too high. These are found in the late s through mid u serial blocks as noted by Görtz & Sturgess. At most, this is a range of less than 20,000 pistols. If you factor in the apparent 15% of police Lugers in this range with DWM toggles, you are down to less than 17,000. Then, if you subtract the Reichsmarine, Stoeger and other pistols in this range noted by Dwight, you can easily get down to a number below 15,000. I do agree, however, that either of these estimates is too large to fit the "few thousand" or "couple of thousand" notation by Dr. Gminder. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com Last edited by Don M; 01-25-2011 at 01:35 PM. Reason: Corrected my math.....senior moment!