DWM P08 serial number question

Doubs · 09-28-2003, 11:27 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Frank:
I suspect it was rebarreled!!! Photos would indeed help.<hr /></blockquote>Frank's post was made before the pictures were posted but it's clearly a rebarreled DWM. The first picture shows that the receiver was notched for the rear sight of an Artillery barrel and as far as I'm aware, DWM only notched the receivers of pistols actually used as Artillery models, unlike Erfurt which notched most of their receivers after late 1916.

It's also interesting to note the milling marks that would have been polished out in earlier years. The pressure of war-time production clearly lowered DWM's standards.

09-28-2003, 11:27 PM	#11
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Frank: <strong>I suspect it was rebarreled!!! Photos would indeed help.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Frank's post was made before the pictures were posted but it's clearly a rebarreled DWM. The first picture shows that the receiver was notched for the rear sight of an Artillery barrel and as far as I'm aware, DWM only notched the receivers of pistols actually used as Artillery models, unlike Erfurt which notched most of their receivers after late 1916. It's also interesting to note the milling marks that would have been polished out in earlier years. The pressure of war-time production clearly lowered DWM's standards.