DWM, 1908 Commercial

Blind Hog · 06-29-2010, 03:34 PM

Here's a Luger variation that I have always thought a classic.

DWM, 1908 Commercial, serial 42274, B, U / B, U, G proofed, unmarked magazine.

lugerholsterrepair · 06-29-2010, 04:53 PM

Francis, Gotta love those early guns! Really nice example of an early commercial. Thanks, Jerry
Burney

George Anderson · 06-29-2010, 06:02 PM

Francis, take the magazine out and with a good light look at the bottum rear of the magazine well and tell us what you see.

Ron Smith · 06-29-2010, 06:34 PM

Wow Francis! That's Purty...

A classic to be sure.

Blind Hog · 06-29-2010, 06:50 PM

Gentlemen thank you, George it is stamped Prv. Is that good or bad and the significance, inquiring minds want to know?

I'd like to know how the heck they stamped that in there so clearly?

deepdarkwoodsman · 06-29-2010, 09:40 PM

I looked at my 1908 Commercial. I see no such markings. What does this mean?

Thanks.

Doug

George Anderson · 06-30-2010, 07:55 AM

I have only encountered the "Prv" marking on BUG proofed early '08 commercials never on the later Crown/N guns. A number of other collectors and I believe the marking indicates "Privat" or private (purchase) and was likely stamped on guns that were sold to officers through the army.

06-29-2010, 03:34 PM	#1
Blind Hog User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina & North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks--Live on a sandbar, 30 miles out in ocean. Posts: 37 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	DWM, 1908 Commercial Here's a Luger variation that I have always thought a classic. DWM, 1908 Commercial, serial 42274, B, U / B, U, G proofed, unmarked magazine. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Francis Blind Hog aka: VIS35 "Even a Blind Hog sometimes finds an acorn"

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	Francis, Gotta love those early guns! Really nice example of an early commercial. Thanks, Jerry Burney __________________ 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."

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Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Wow Francis! That's Purty... A classic to be sure. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-29-2010, 06:50 PM	#5
Blind Hog User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina & North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks--Live on a sandbar, 30 miles out in ocean. Posts: 37 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Gentlemen thank you, George it is stamped Prv. Is that good or bad and the significance, inquiring minds want to know? I'd like to know how the heck they stamped that in there so clearly? __________________ Francis Blind Hog aka: VIS35 "Even a Blind Hog sometimes finds an acorn"

06-29-2010, 06:02 PM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,772 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	Francis, take the magazine out and with a good light look at the bottum rear of the magazine well and tell us what you see.

06-29-2010, 09:40 PM	#6
deepdarkwoodsman User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 38 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post	I looked at my 1908 Commercial. I see no such markings. What does this mean? Thanks. Doug

06-30-2010, 07:55 AM	#7
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,772 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	I have only encountered the "Prv" marking on BUG proofed early '08 commercials never on the later Crown/N guns. A number of other collectors and I believe the marking indicates "Privat" or private (purchase) and was likely stamped on guns that were sold to officers through the army.