DWM Luger Magazines

jsd1318 · 01-12-2013, 05:37 PM

I am new to Luger pistols and trying to learn all I can about the one I acquired. Did DWM pistols all come with marked magazines and were all 1918 K models wood bottoms? Any help on the subject, including things I did not know to ask, would be appreciated. I have a 1918 DWM K-type, #4961. It came with a unmarked wood bottom steel magazine. Thanks.

lugerholsterrepair · 01-12-2013, 06:19 PM

Jeff..There were nothing but wooden pulls on German Luger magazines in all of 1918. The end of the war, 1918 was a time of some scarcity and confusion. I would think that your pistol would have had a serialed magazine but it IS possible that it was left without. There are other examples of German markings being left off this late in the war so 1918 is somewhat of an enigma.

lugerholsterrepair · 01-12-2013, 09:05 PM

My guess is that Jeff is referring to the K suffix to the serial number.

01-12-2013, 05:37 PM	#1
jsd1318 User Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	DWM Luger Magazines I am new to Luger pistols and trying to learn all I can about the one I acquired. Did DWM pistols all come with marked magazines and were all 1918 K models wood bottoms? Any help on the subject, including things I did not know to ask, would be appreciated. I have a 1918 DWM K-type, #4961. It came with a unmarked wood bottom steel magazine. Thanks.

01-12-2013, 06:19 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,132 Times in 1,439 Posts	Jeff..There were nothing but wooden pulls on German Luger magazines in all of 1918. The end of the war, 1918 was a time of some scarcity and confusion. I would think that your pistol would have had a serialed magazine but it IS possible that it was left without. There are other examples of German markings being left off this late in the war so 1918 is somewhat of an enigma. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

01-12-2013, 09:05 PM	#3
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,132 Times in 1,439 Posts	My guess is that Jeff is referring to the K suffix to the serial number. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."