1918 DWM Shooter - Comments Welcome

hertzdonut · 12-01-2005, 02:12 PM

This is my DWM 1918 shooter (grips are replacement, saving original). All matching numbers. Excellent original barrel. Some "chewing" on front strap and left toggle. No original mag. Shoots very, very well. Accurate, no stoppages (Wolff mainspring), with my reloads simulating WW I ammo (both round nose and truncated cone). Your comments are welcome.

John Sabato · 12-01-2005, 02:39 PM

Very nice DWM... Welcome to the Lugerforum!

Ron Smith · 12-01-2005, 11:38 PM

I'd say it's a step or two above shooter grade. Looks like a reasonably nice Luger. Fun to shoot, aren't they? Welcome to the ward.

Ron

Edward Tinker · 12-01-2005, 11:43 PM

hmmm, let me go downstairs and look....

Nope, MY 1918, DWM, weimar era police with Sear and Magazine Safety is still in the SAFE!!!!

hertzdonut · 12-02-2005, 02:02 PM

This has a "b" suffix. I picked it up from Simpson's about a year ago. They had it listed as a 1916. You really couldn't tell from their pictures. So when it arrives and it is obviously a 1918, I emailed them for an explaniation. I told them I wanted to keep the gun, but was curious why it was listed as a 1916. All they could say was that since fewer were made in 1918 than in 1916, I got a bargin! Since then, I've seen two other pistols with listed dates which did not match the date in their pictures. Let them know both times, but they never replied.

Great fun to shoot and turns a few heads at the range.

12-01-2005, 02:12 PM	#1
hertzdonut User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1918 DWM Shooter - Comments Welcome This is my DWM 1918 shooter (grips are replacement, saving original). All matching numbers. Excellent original barrel. Some "chewing" on front strap and left toggle. No original mag. Shoots very, very well. Accurate, no stoppages (Wolff mainspring), with my reloads simulating WW I ammo (both round nose and truncated cone). Your comments are welcome.

12-01-2005, 02:39 PM	#2
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Very nice DWM... Welcome to the Lugerforum! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

12-01-2005, 11:38 PM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	I'd say it's a step or two above shooter grade. Looks like a reasonably nice Luger. Fun to shoot, aren't they? Welcome to the ward. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

12-01-2005, 11:43 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,931 Thanks: 2,031 Thanked 4,527 Times in 2,090 Posts	hmmm, let me go downstairs and look.... Nope, MY 1918, DWM, weimar era police with Sear and Magazine Safety is still in the SAFE!!!! Attached Thumbnails

12-02-2005, 02:02 PM	#5
hertzdonut User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This has a "b" suffix. I picked it up from Simpson's about a year ago. They had it listed as a 1916. You really couldn't tell from their pictures. So when it arrives and it is obviously a 1918, I emailed them for an explaniation. I told them I wanted to keep the gun, but was curious why it was listed as a 1916. All they could say was that since fewer were made in 1918 than in 1916, I got a bargin! Since then, I've seen two other pistols with listed dates which did not match the date in their pictures. Let them know both times, but they never replied. Great fun to shoot and turns a few heads at the range.