DWM 1921 w/sear safety, but is the magazine original????

P. Ristan · 07-07-2002, 03:37 PM

Hello everyone!
I'm a guncollector from Norway.
I hav just bought a DWM luger date 1921 (single date).
It has a sear safety, so i guess it's a police-gun.
It has all matching numbers, including the magazine.

But is this magazine the original one?
The gun is just like the gun pictured in Figure 38c in Still's "Weimar Lugers", but the magazine has an aluminum base. It has the serial-number on the bottom, and it is marked as the second magazine to the gun. The magazine is not "police sunburst marked", but is similar to the one pictured in figure 48a, magazine number c.

The gun has about 98% blue and 60-70%straw.
Any thoughts on how rare the gun is or if the magazine is the original one????

Johnny Peppers · 07-07-2002, 05:34 PM

Student1979,
I have a Luger like yours except it has the 1920 property stamp in addition to the 1921. It came with one matching magazine serial numbered to the pistol, but no magazine number. The magazine in mine is a spine marked flat button Haenel Schmeisser which is fairly scarce in itself.

Jan C Still · 07-08-2002, 03:21 PM

Student 1979
Weimar police magazines vary greatly. Many of the wood base magazines were changed for more durable aluminum base magazines by police armories sometime after 1925.

While the magazine is not the one issued with the Luger in 1921, its the one that the police armory used to replaced the issue wood based magazine.
The dated Weimar Lugers are much scarcer than dated Imperial Lugers.
Jan

07-07-2002, 03:37 PM	#1
P. Ristan User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	DWM 1921 w/sear safety, but is the magazine original???? Hello everyone! I'm a guncollector from Norway. I hav just bought a DWM luger date 1921 (single date). It has a sear safety, so i guess it's a police-gun. It has all matching numbers, including the magazine. But is this magazine the original one? The gun is just like the gun pictured in Figure 38c in Still's "Weimar Lugers", but the magazine has an aluminum base. It has the serial-number on the bottom, and it is marked as the second magazine to the gun. The magazine is not "police sunburst marked", but is similar to the one pictured in figure 48a, magazine number c. The gun has about 98% blue and 60-70%straw. Any thoughts on how rare the gun is or if the magazine is the original one????

07-07-2002, 05:34 PM	#2
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Student1979, I have a Luger like yours except it has the 1920 property stamp in addition to the 1921. It came with one matching magazine serial numbered to the pistol, but no magazine number. The magazine in mine is a spine marked flat button Haenel Schmeisser which is fairly scarce in itself.

07-08-2002, 03:21 PM	#3
Jan C Still User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Box 240188, Douglas, Alaska, 99824 Posts: 463 Thanks: 0 Thanked 52 Times in 32 Posts	Student 1979 Weimar police magazines vary greatly. Many of the wood base magazines were changed for more durable aluminum base magazines by police armories sometime after 1925. While the magazine is not the one issued with the Luger in 1921, its the one that the police armory used to replaced the issue wood based magazine. The dated Weimar Lugers are much scarcer than dated Imperial Lugers. Jan