Help identify and date 1900 DWM commercial?

Irishdiver · 02-21-2024, 08:27 PM

I bought this recently - 1906 mini Luger unknown who did the modification . I appreciate any input. No proof marks that I can find.

pauly · 02-21-2024, 08:51 PM

I was under the impression that the 1900 had dished toggles?

Ron Wood · 02-21-2024, 10:23 PM

It looks to me like a 1906 that someone has cut down and customized to make a "baby" Luger. It is a neat looking piece, but it isn't a factory original.
Ron

Kiwi · 02-21-2024, 10:32 PM

1906 has knurled toggle

Irishdiver · 02-21-2024, 11:05 PM

Pics for size reference.

Ron Wood · 02-21-2024, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irishdiver

I obviously have no idea what I have. Pics for reference.

Please see my previous post. It is a modified model 1906 that has been reduced in size by cutting down the grip frame and shortening the barrel. The gunsmith that performed this modification also renumbered the frame and barrel to match. It is well done and quite attractive but it is not a 1900 and is not factory original.
Ron

Irishdiver · 02-22-2024, 12:21 AM

Thank you for your response. Definitely interesting and well done. Was not what I expected to hear but definitely makes sense the more I research.

lugerholsterrepair · 02-22-2024, 07:04 PM

I doubt if a regular magazine fits..did you get a shorty mag with it?

DTR04 · 02-23-2024, 03:25 PM

If he needs a magazine, I would bet that GT could fix him up.

ithacaartist · 02-24-2024, 03:06 AM

Any Luger mag should work. The modification needed to shorten the grip frame to Baby Luger size does not affect the position of the mag release.

Since most things are relative, this is just a chance to go gangsta with an extend-o mag.

I wonder if G.T. could whip up a trommel mag for the Baby Luger...

02-21-2024, 08:27 PM	#1
Irishdiver User Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 10 Thanks: 13 Thanked 13 Times in 6 Posts	Help identify and date 1900 DWM commercial? I bought this recently - 1906 mini Luger unknown who did the modification . I appreciate any input. No proof marks that I can find. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Irishdiver; 02-24-2024 at 02:55 PM.

02-21-2024, 10:23 PM	#3
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,178 Times in 1,703 Posts	It looks to me like a 1906 that someone has cut down and customized to make a "baby" Luger. It is a neat looking piece, but it isn't a factory original. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-21-2024, 11:05 PM	#5
Irishdiver User Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 10 Thanks: 13 Thanked 13 Times in 6 Posts	Size reference Pics for size reference. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Irishdiver; 02-24-2024 at 02:53 PM.

02-22-2024, 07:04 PM	#8
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,933 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	I doubt if a regular magazine fits..did you get a shorty mag with it? __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

02-24-2024, 03:06 AM	#10
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,277 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	Any Luger mag should work. The modification needed to shorten the grip frame to Baby Luger size does not affect the position of the mag release. Since most things are relative, this is just a chance to go gangsta with an extend-o mag. I wonder if G.T. could whip up a trommel mag for the Baby Luger... __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

02-21-2024, 08:51 PM	#2
pauly User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: SE Wisconsin Posts: 94 Thanks: 269 Thanked 45 Times in 25 Posts	I was under the impression that the 1900 had dished toggles?

02-21-2024, 10:32 PM	#4
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 307 Thanks: 215 Thanked 435 Times in 172 Posts	1906 has knurled toggle

02-22-2024, 12:21 AM	#7
Irishdiver User Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 10 Thanks: 13 Thanked 13 Times in 6 Posts	Thank you for your response. Definitely interesting and well done. Was not what I expected to hear but definitely makes sense the more I research.

02-23-2024, 03:25 PM	#9
DTR04 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 52 Thanks: 92 Thanked 36 Times in 18 Posts	If he needs a magazine, I would bet that GT could fix him up.