My shooter

dalek · 04-23-2014, 11:58 PM

I have a .30 shooter here. I do have the wooden grips that came with it, but I put these plastic grips to protect them. I expected it to have been reblued/rebuilt through its life even though the serial number in barrel matches the rest of the gun. the really lousy detail picture of its left side is supposed to show a N with a crown over it.

Could anyone tell me how old it is and so on? I would take it was but a DWM commercial model which due to its rebuilding (see how numbers in barrel are all but gone) and rebluing and no matching parts has no value besides being a shooter. Which is fine with me; I want to shoot it, not to have a safe queen.

ithacaartist · 04-24-2014, 09:26 AM

Welcome to the forum, Supreme. Is that your actual first name?

Even though all the "history" has been buffed off, this should be a great shooter for you. But now you're infected with "Luger-itis" and this may not be your only Luger, after not too long!

Curly1 · 04-24-2014, 09:43 AM

Welcome to the forum.

mrerick · 04-24-2014, 09:51 AM

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

I can't make out the suffix letter in your photo of the front of the frame serial number.

If it's a "k", your Luger would be a "DWM Alphabet Commercial" from the 1923 timeframe in Weimar Germany. If it's a "p" it would be 1924 or so...

The grips you installed are of a type used by the Russians on rebuilt captured Lugers.

Marc

04-23-2014, 11:58 PM	#1
dalek User Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	My shooter I have a .30 shooter here. I do have the wooden grips that came with it, but I put these plastic grips to protect them. I expected it to have been reblued/rebuilt through its life even though the serial number in barrel matches the rest of the gun. the really lousy detail picture of its left side is supposed to show a N with a crown over it. Could anyone tell me how old it is and so on? I would take it was but a DWM commercial model which due to its rebuilding (see how numbers in barrel are all but gone) and rebluing and no matching parts has no value besides being a shooter. Which is fine with me; I want to shoot it, not to have a safe queen. Attached Thumbnails

04-24-2014, 09:26 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	Welcome to the forum, Supreme. Is that your actual first name? Even though all the "history" has been buffed off, this should be a great shooter for you. But now you're infected with "Luger-itis" and this may not be your only Luger, after not too long! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

04-24-2014, 09:43 AM	#3
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04-24-2014, 09:51 AM	#4
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,370 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Hi, and welcome to the forum. I can't make out the suffix letter in your photo of the front of the frame serial number. If it's a "k", your Luger would be a "DWM Alphabet Commercial" from the 1923 timeframe in Weimar Germany. If it's a "p" it would be 1924 or so... The grips you installed are of a type used by the Russians on rebuilt captured Lugers. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.