#Luger serial numbers dwm properties serial number

While our photos are as detailed as possible and do not hide any flaws, you have the option of examining the firearm physically, by appointment. Overall, this is a very desirable unit-stamped example of a WWI Luger by DWM. The original rust-blue finish is practically intact.

#Luger serial numbers dwm properties serial number

The pistol has matching serial numbers throughout, except for the magazine, which is from the same serial number block. This subject is worthy of further research. 1вЂ™, which is engraved rather than stamped, is considerably higher than what these weapon numbers usually run up to. This would be followed by the weapon number assigned to this pistol. Kompanie, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. This interesting mark tells us that the pistol was issued to 8. The front grip strap is stamped вЂJNF.R.60.8.K.419.1вЂ™. The DWM 1915 Luger P 08 that we are presenting today is one of these rare examples. However, only around 2,000 of these pistols are estimated to have been unit marked. The number of P 08 pistols produced by DWM in 1915 was 105,000. The total number of P 08 pistols produced between 19 was 1,084,000. Production of the Luger at both factories increased with the start of WWI in 1914 and continued going strong until the end of the war in 1918. The state-owned KГ¶niglich PreuГџische Gewehrfabrik Erfurt began producing the Luger P 08 in 1911.

DWM was awarded the contract to produce the P 08 for the army and production started in 1909. The pistol was designated вЂPistole 08вЂ™ or вЂP 08вЂ™. Four years later, in 1908, the Imperial German Army adopted the 9mm Para 1908 model, which had a 4вЂќ barrel, a shorter frame and no grip safety. In 1904, the Imperial German Navy adopted the 1900 model chambered in 9mm Para and configured to the NavyвЂ™s requirements, having a 6вЂќ barrel, a grip safety, and a rear sight that was adjustable to 100m or 200m. However, the pistol became synonymous with the designerвЂ™s name and it is best known as the вЂLuger pistolвЂ™. It used the bottlenecked 7.65mm cartridge and had a slender 120mm barrel. This model is referred to as the вЂOld ModelвЂ™ or the вЂ1900 modelвЂ™. The Swiss military was the first to adopt the Parabellum pistol in 1900. However, it was an employee of DWM, the Austrian Georg Luger, who in 1898 perfected the design and created the elegant Parabellum design which is so iconic. It was produced at the Ludwig Loewe arms factory in Berlin (later DWM) and various attempts were made to market it as a service pistol. Read on for another LSB journey in firearms historyвЂ¦ In an earlier post we discussed the genesis of the Luger pistol, starting with Hugo BorchardtвЂ™s locked breech self-loading pistol вЂConstruktion 93вЂ™, or вЂC93вЂ™. What makes this Luger rather special is that we know which unit was using it, thanks to its unit stamps. In this second post with the theme вЂHANDGUNS OF WWIвЂ™ we shall be looking at a nice example of a military issue 1915-dated DWM Luger P08 pistol.