1916 dwm

schoolbd · 01-09-2021, 09:22 AM

Hello
Would appreciate some opinions of this partial stamp, looks as though it could be an Eagle L , but why on the barrel, it’s on a 1916 DWM with a sear bar added and a HzA stamp as well as a simson/dwm rework stamp, thank you

ithacaartist · 01-10-2021, 12:13 AM

Sounds like a Nazi barrel replacement during re-work.

schoolbd · 01-11-2021, 09:52 PM

Here’s a couple more barrel photos, these are the only stamps on the barrel, if it was a rework is it common for the replacement barrel not to be numbered to the gun, could someone give me a ballpark value of this Luger, all matching other than mag and barrel.

Heinz · 01-11-2021, 10:40 PM

well, the plot thickens. This luger has a sear safety added. This is a Police modification to prevent the upper barrel and toggle assembly from being able to fire when the assembly is removed from the frame. The barrel may have replaced during its service with Police, even after its Simson rework
I am not really familiar with police luger practice but others on the forum. Post some good photos of the HZA mark and a close up of the are above the mag release and just to the rear of the trigger to see if it also had a magazine safety at some point.

schoolbd · 01-11-2021, 10:47 PM

Couple more photos no evidence of having a mag safety, the hza mark on sear bar

G.T. · 01-11-2021, 11:33 PM

I love guns like this! I know the phrase is used a lot, but if this gun could only talk? It is in nice shape, and has probably been reworked even more than the markings indicate.. It probably fought several wars on three different planets?

... Doesn't matter, it has survived! Neat gun, and I am excited to see this gun on the forum. It takes me back to when I first started collecting.. Best to all, til....lat'r....GT

01-09-2021, 09:22 AM	#1
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	1916 dwm Hello Would appreciate some opinions of this partial stamp, looks as though it could be an Eagle L , but why on the barrel, it’s on a 1916 DWM with a sear bar added and a HzA stamp as well as a simson/dwm rework stamp, thank you Attached Thumbnails

01-10-2021, 12:13 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,343 Thanks: 7,264 Thanked 2,576 Times in 1,364 Posts	Sounds like a Nazi barrel replacement during re-work. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

01-11-2021, 09:52 PM	#3
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Here’s a couple more barrel photos, these are the only stamps on the barrel, if it was a rework is it common for the replacement barrel not to be numbered to the gun, could someone give me a ballpark value of this Luger, all matching other than mag and barrel. Attached Thumbnails

01-11-2021, 10:47 PM	#5
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Couple more photos no evidence of having a mag safety, the hza mark on sear bar Attached Thumbnails

01-11-2021, 11:33 PM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,507 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 3,653 Times in 1,004 Posts	History! I love guns like this! I know the phrase is used a lot, but if this gun could only talk? It is in nice shape, and has probably been reworked even more than the markings indicate.. It probably fought several wars on three different planets? ... Doesn't matter, it has survived! Neat gun, and I am excited to see this gun on the forum. It takes me back to when I first started collecting.. Best to all, til....lat'r....GT

01-11-2021, 10:40 PM	#4
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 410 Times in 180 Posts	well, the plot thickens. This luger has a sear safety added. This is a Police modification to prevent the upper barrel and toggle assembly from being able to fire when the assembly is removed from the frame. The barrel may have replaced during its service with Police, even after its Simson rework I am not really familiar with police luger practice but others on the forum. Post some good photos of the HZA mark and a close up of the are above the mag release and just to the rear of the trigger to see if it also had a magazine safety at some point.