Weimer Lugers

unspellable · 09-08-2002, 10:12 PM

The Nickle Plated Abomination has a "1920" where the 1918 appears in the photo above. That is below the center of the receiver ring as the pistol is oriented in the picture. There is no other date. It is possible the receiver was ground before the 1920 was applied. I'll have to take a closer look.

If 1920 does not represent the actual date the pistol was reworked, then does it represent 1920 as the year the war officially ended (Nov 11, 1918 was only an armistice, the war officially ended in 1920.) or the Allied Control Commision put the rule into effect in 1920? As in regulation of 1920? In Spanish spoeaking countires a lot of official stuff is marked "Ley de 1920" or what ever year the law was passed.

I no longer have the Jack Rabbit Stopper but I recall it having a chamber date of 1923. It was otherwise a typical M1920.

09-08-2002, 10:12 PM	#8
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	The Nickle Plated Abomination has a "1920" where the 1918 appears in the photo above. That is below the center of the receiver ring as the pistol is oriented in the picture. There is no other date. It is possible the receiver was ground before the 1920 was applied. I'll have to take a closer look. If 1920 does not represent the actual date the pistol was reworked, then does it represent 1920 as the year the war officially ended (Nov 11, 1918 was only an armistice, the war officially ended in 1920.) or the Allied Control Commision put the rule into effect in 1920? As in regulation of 1920? In Spanish spoeaking countires a lot of official stuff is marked "Ley de 1920" or what ever year the law was passed. I no longer have the Jack Rabbit Stopper but I recall it having a chamber date of 1923. It was otherwise a typical M1920.