Early Magazine

Mike B · 11-24-2009, 07:53 PM

Greetings,
Can anyone say definitively which Luger models (year) came with the magazine with the numbers stamped along the long axis as shown in the photo?

George Anderson · 11-24-2009, 08:06 PM

Mike, I can not open your photo but the answer is the DWM military pistols up 'til mid or late 1911. If you want to trade it or sell it I would be a potential victim for you.

klaus 3338 · 11-25-2009, 01:53 AM

All the 50000 DWM Lugers of the first order got the large numbers. That stopped with the (last of the 50000) DWM 1911 with e suffix about 31. march 1911.
Reason for it seeems to be the Stempelvorschrift from 1910 (which was written more for the Lugers of the riflefactory Erfurt than for the DWM).
Regards Klaus

Mike B · 11-25-2009, 12:44 PM

Greetings,
Many thanks for the information.

Mike

George Anderson · 11-25-2009, 03:34 PM

Mike, what is the number on your magazine?

Mike B · 11-25-2009, 05:09 PM

The serial number on the mag is: 8367 no suffix.

Mike

George Anderson · 11-25-2009, 05:15 PM

Thanks Mike. Of fifteen I have w/o matched mags it only gets close.

Lugerdoc · 11-27-2009, 10:22 AM

Mike, I have a DWM #8677+ wood bottomed PO8 mag listed in the For Sale section. TH PS: It's numbered from left to right.

11-24-2009, 07:53 PM	#1
Mike B Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 979 Thanks: 1 Thanked 271 Times in 99 Posts	Early Magazine Greetings, Can anyone say definitively which Luger models (year) came with the magazine with the numbers stamped along the long axis as shown in the photo? Attached Images

11-24-2009, 08:06 PM	#2
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	Mike, I can not open your photo but the answer is the DWM military pistols up 'til mid or late 1911. If you want to trade it or sell it I would be a potential victim for you.

11-25-2009, 01:53 AM	#3
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 517 Thanks: 0 Thanked 411 Times in 160 Posts	All the 50000 DWM Lugers of the first order got the large numbers. That stopped with the (last of the 50000) DWM 1911 with e suffix about 31. march 1911. Reason for it seeems to be the Stempelvorschrift from 1910 (which was written more for the Lugers of the riflefactory Erfurt than for the DWM). Regards Klaus

11-25-2009, 12:44 PM	#4
Mike B Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 979 Thanks: 1 Thanked 271 Times in 99 Posts	Greetings, Many thanks for the information. Mike

11-25-2009, 03:34 PM	#5
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	Mike, what is the number on your magazine?

11-25-2009, 05:09 PM	#6
Mike B Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 979 Thanks: 1 Thanked 271 Times in 99 Posts	The serial number on the mag is: 8367 no suffix. Mike

11-25-2009, 05:15 PM	#7
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	Thanks Mike. Of fifteen I have w/o matched mags it only gets close.

11-27-2009, 10:22 AM	#8
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Mike, I have a DWM #8677+ wood bottomed PO8 mag listed in the For Sale section. TH PS: It's numbered from left to right. __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net