Curious about date of manufacture

RockinWR · 06-18-2004, 07:21 PM

Hi Rob,
* Thanks for your clear digitals.
* I could be talked into an "h" too; but, okay, lets go with a "k" suffix cause that really does play. When you checked the Tech. Info, did you look @ the gun pictures of the suffix letters??
* According the Jan Still's Weimar Lugers, Table 1b-Pg. 15, a "k" block would have been produced in the first 11 months of 1922. Mostly commercial production as is yours.
* Assuming linear production(unlikely): 10,000 pistols/11 months = 909.1/month. So; #8736/909.1 = 9.61 months. Looks like Sept. 19, 1922 give or take a month for DoMfg. Best guess better than nothing; but, don't bet your paycheck on this date. The Weimar period was one of unrest, DWM was attempting to survive under the restrictions of the Versaille treaty by commercial F/Arms export, & Police/Army contracts may have taken precidence.
Respectfully,
Bob

06-18-2004, 07:21 PM	#10
RockinWR User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: D/FW, Tx Posts: 279 Thanks: 109 Thanked 31 Times in 16 Posts	Hi Rob, * Thanks for your clear digitals. * I could be talked into an "h" too; but, okay, lets go with a "k" suffix cause that really does play. When you checked the Tech. Info, did you look @ the gun pictures of the suffix letters?? * According the Jan Still's Weimar Lugers, Table 1b-Pg. 15, a "k" block would have been produced in the first 11 months of 1922. Mostly commercial production as is yours. * Assuming linear production(unlikely): 10,000 pistols/11 months = 909.1/month. So; #8736/909.1 = 9.61 months. Looks like Sept. 19, 1922 give or take a month for DoMfg. Best guess better than nothing; but, don't bet your paycheck on this date. The Weimar period was one of unrest, DWM was attempting to survive under the restrictions of the Versaille treaty by commercial F/Arms export, & Police/Army contracts may have taken precidence. Respectfully, Bob