1920 .30 cal DWM Luger?

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Originally Posted by JimD

I've refinished a lot of guns and the OP's looks like original finish to me. Perhaps with the lighting the aged muzzle appears blued.

I have a five digit commercial that is in almost the same condition as the OP's.

My muzzel looks to have some bluing on it, but not homigeneous like the rest of the pustol. In other words, I still can see the metal. Mine looks like the muzzles pictured by Chickenthief earlier in this thread.

Is it possible that my pistol was reblued in selective areas? Some of the SNs numerals have halos around them. The GESCIHER stamp underneath the saftey lever has metal showing within each letter. Most edges are sharp, but there are some edges that look a bit rounded. The DMW logo on top of the toggle looks to be blued over unlike the GESCIHER stamp. Perhaps selected blueing in this way can keep much of the original blueing intact. Or perhaps this is a pistol that was reworked? In this case, I would expect it to be stamped accordingly.

This is just a newbie trying to think this through. I would like this pistol to be 100% authentic. However, I still need to try to be onjective about this.

[JimD]

Without high quality close-ups it's very difficult to tell.