1920 DWM

Dwight Gruber · 12-23-2002, 01:56 PM

I think your Luger has more to tell. The unevenness of spacing between the numerals on the chamber stamp leads me to suspect that it is a property stamp. Date stamps in general, and the 1920 date stamps shown in Still and Kenyon in particular, are pretty severely regular.

In addition, according to Still (Weimar Lugers, pp 12-18) Commercial Lugers manufactured 1919-1921 were serial-numbered in the commercial manner, ranging from mid-78800 to 92000 without suffix. In the middle of 1921 DWM converted to military-style serialization (now called by Still "Alphabet Commecial"), beginning with block i.

Are there any proofs present on the receiver? Is the serial number present there? What about proof marks on the breechblock? How does the witness mark under the barrel appear?

--Dwight

12-23-2002, 01:56 PM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	I think your Luger has more to tell. The unevenness of spacing between the numerals on the chamber stamp leads me to suspect that it is a property stamp. Date stamps in general, and the 1920 date stamps shown in Still and Kenyon in particular, are pretty severely regular. In addition, according to Still (Weimar Lugers, pp 12-18) Commercial Lugers manufactured 1919-1921 were serial-numbered in the commercial manner, ranging from mid-78800 to 92000 without suffix. In the middle of 1921 DWM converted to military-style serialization (now called by Still "Alphabet Commecial"), beginning with block i. Are there any proofs present on the receiver? Is the serial number present there? What about proof marks on the breechblock? How does the witness mark under the barrel appear? --Dwight