Fluted Firing Pins

aldo35 · 10-03-2014, 03:23 PM

I have a police marked DWM Luger in 9 mm that has an unnumbered fluted firing pin. My question is what were the years firing pins were fluted.

This pistol also has the sear safety. If this is the wrong palce to ask please move the thread. Thanks.

Aldo35

ithacaartist · 10-04-2014, 09:16 AM

Joseph, the firing pins were fluted, I think, by Mauser, so sometime in the mid 30s. Somebody knows the exact date better, I'm sure. If it were refurbished or repaired for its police duties during this time, the fluted striker would likely have been installed then. Numbering of replacement parts IIRC would vary depending on where the work was done on it. So, it may well be OK...though not strictly original for a DWM.

10-03-2014, 03:23 PM	#1
aldo35 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern GA Posts: 308 Thanks: 2,159 Thanked 135 Times in 67 Posts	Fluted Firing Pins I have a police marked DWM Luger in 9 mm that has an unnumbered fluted firing pin. My question is what were the years firing pins were fluted. This pistol also has the sear safety. If this is the wrong palce to ask please move the thread. Thanks. Aldo35

10-04-2014, 09:16 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	Joseph, the firing pins were fluted, I think, by Mauser, so sometime in the mid 30s. Somebody knows the exact date better, I'm sure. If it were refurbished or repaired for its police duties during this time, the fluted striker would likely have been installed then. Numbering of replacement parts IIRC would vary depending on where the work was done on it. So, it may well be OK...though not strictly original for a DWM. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894