New to the board and a Luger

OSURifleman · 02-16-2011, 05:20 PM

Mrerick - I will try to answer your questions:

It is a 9mm Luger and unfortunetly, they will not guarantee it's a shooter. I looked at the witness mark, and I am almost 100% sure, it was a dead nuts match / line up, so I would guess it's the original barrel.

As for why I think it might be a Mauser made model, I read somewhere within this site, DWM was not producing Lugers after 1936? That only Mauser was in production in 1938? Another indicator is I saw a small part marked S/42, just above the side block - really small...

I'm not sure what you mean by the "Mauser hump" on the back of the receiver ears, but the back spine of the grip has been milled (?) with a protusion for a butt stock. Standard?

I'll try to stop and get some pics with my BB. It generally takes some nice pictures...

With out the waffenamts, could this have been a commercial model? Looking at the markings just below the barrel, I'd swear I see a extremely small mark of an eagle over an "N". Just thinking out loud...

02-16-2011, 05:20 PM	#8
OSURifleman New User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mrerick - I will try to answer your questions: It is a 9mm Luger and unfortunetly, they will not guarantee it's a shooter. I looked at the witness mark, and I am almost 100% sure, it was a dead nuts match / line up, so I would guess it's the original barrel. As for why I think it might be a Mauser made model, I read somewhere within this site, DWM was not producing Lugers after 1936? That only Mauser was in production in 1938? Another indicator is I saw a small part marked S/42, just above the side block - really small... I'm not sure what you mean by the "Mauser hump" on the back of the receiver ears, but the back spine of the grip has been milled (?) with a protusion for a butt stock. Standard? I'll try to stop and get some pics with my BB. It generally takes some nice pictures... With out the waffenamts, could this have been a commercial model? Looking at the markings just below the barrel, I'd swear I see a extremely small mark of an eagle over an "N". Just thinking out loud...