my profile |
register |
faq |
search upload photo | donate | calendar |
08-24-2011, 10:43 PM | #1 |
New User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Help Identify: Long barrel 1916 DWM
My friend had this long barrelled Luger passed down to him from his father who carried it on his trap line for years. I'm having difficulty figuring out what exactly it is for him. I've never seen one in this configuration before so it leads me to believe it is a re-barrel but its numbered to the gun so I'm not sure.
Hope you can help me figure it out. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
08-24-2011, 11:11 PM | #2 |
User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,237
Thanks: 183
Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts
|
Hi Kris,
Welcome to the forum. Your friends Luger is a DWM 1916 military. It's definitly a rebarrel. It originally had a 4" 9mm barrel numbered to the gun with all four digits, bore gage and firing proof.
__________________
Mike C. |
08-24-2011, 11:26 PM | #3 |
New User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Any idea when or why it would have been done? I've never seen such a long barrel on a Luger. It is about 9.5" long!
|
08-25-2011, 08:04 AM | #4 |
Patron
LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 4,047
Thanks: 578
Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts
|
Maybe size does matter after all?
dju |
08-25-2011, 08:20 AM | #5 |
User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Marco Island, Florida
Posts: 4,867
Thanks: 1,685
Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts
|
Several companies imported and rebarreled Lugers after WW1 for US domestic consumption. The long barrel configuration was one of the more popular. This one is nicely done with attention to detail in the front sight area and the barrel flange near the receiver. They even bothered to number it.
|
The following 2 members says Thank You to alanint for your post: |
08-25-2011, 10:39 PM | #6 |
User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,237
Thanks: 183
Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts
|
I don't disagree that this barrel may have been installed by an importer but, the long barrels installed by Stoeger or Pacific Arms were usually C/N proofed and had a 'Germany' export stamp.
__________________
Mike C. |
|
|