1918/1920 DWM Police P 08 - a little different

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Thanks much.

How can I tell the toggle train is from a 5 digit commercial? What is the "tell"? Please.

I see it is commercial from the C/N, but the 5 digit part? Because it had only a "1" initially stamped?

The breechblock and center toggle are both numbered 031. Granted the configuration is VERY non-standard, but the numbers appear to be original and the only way for them to make sense along with the c/N proof is as the last-three-digit small part numbering of a five-digit serial number gun. The photo of the toggle-tail number is not very clear in this regard, but it appears to to overstamp another number.

--Dwight