1917 dwm rework

ejc · 09-21-2002, 09:59 PM

I have a 1917 dwm with s/42, w154 and a E/ZA acceptance stamp on the barrel.
There is a picture in still's weimar and early nazi lugers page 219 figure 61.it has brown plastic grips mine doesnt but they do have the last two digits stamped inside.It also shows a s/42 marked rear toggle link mine does not have this. My question is does it have to have the plastic grips and the s/42 toggle link stamp to be correct.Also can anyone tell anything else about this gun how many were made ect.
any help would be apreciated
ED

lugerholsterrepair · 09-21-2002, 10:23 PM

Ed, This is a parts gun? 1917 with a S/42 barrel. I would say the correct grips would be the ones that match the most parts, say the 1917 end of it. If all the parts match except the barrel then I would say you have a 1917 DWM that was rebarreled during the Nazi period. Are there matching numbers everywhere but the barrel? Tell me more...Jerry Burney

ejc · 09-22-2002, 11:40 AM

The barrel has matching numbers but I was a little doubtful on them because they were a little rough.And because I knew the stamps onthe barrel were not right. yesterday though I went to national gun day show here in ky and got STill's weimar book,and found the one that was close to mine in the book with the exceptions that I mentioned in my first post.

09-21-2002, 09:59 PM	#1
ejc User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1917 dwm rework I have a 1917 dwm with s/42, w154 and a E/ZA acceptance stamp on the barrel. There is a picture in still's weimar and early nazi lugers page 219 figure 61.it has brown plastic grips mine doesnt but they do have the last two digits stamped inside.It also shows a s/42 marked rear toggle link mine does not have this. My question is does it have to have the plastic grips and the s/42 toggle link stamp to be correct.Also can anyone tell anything else about this gun how many were made ect. any help would be apreciated ED

09-21-2002, 10:23 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,762 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 3,102 Times in 1,428 Posts	Ed, This is a parts gun? 1917 with a S/42 barrel. I would say the correct grips would be the ones that match the most parts, say the 1917 end of it. If all the parts match except the barrel then I would say you have a 1917 DWM that was rebarreled during the Nazi period. Are there matching numbers everywhere but the barrel? Tell me more...Jerry Burney __________________ 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."

09-22-2002, 11:40 AM	#3
ejc User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The barrel has matching numbers but I was a little doubtful on them because they were a little rough.And because I knew the stamps onthe barrel were not right. yesterday though I went to national gun day show here in ky and got STill's weimar book,and found the one that was close to mine in the book with the exceptions that I mentioned in my first post.