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Probably a reasonable estimate. I would put them somewhere between a K date and a G date in terms of how frequently i see them both in person and on line. Were 10,000 Lugers reworked through the HZa system or were 50,000? I don’t know but I would estimate probably closer to the 10-20 K number...

We yes every DWM with a “notch” was originally an LP.08. It was the normal practice for any and all of those LP.08 still in the inventory post 1918 to be re-barreled and receive a rear sight rear toggle link or in a very few cases I’ve seen rear sights dovetailed into the original rear toggle...

I don’t think that anyone declared it a factory original set up. I think that the quality of the work looks very good however.

Byf 43 number 20465 l is in fact 20465 i I think that the rest of the data entered on that rifle is correct to include matching scope assembly (w/o the i suffix in this case) LT Ajack scope non rework. I can also supply many other photos including the suffix on the bolt which is much more...

Yes people have been recycling when recycling wasn’t cool

It’s fairly plain cut. An as used WWI Luger will have an Eurfurt Crown marked toggle with a date 1911-1918 on the receiver or a DWM logo on the toggle and a date of 1910-1918 on the receiver. They will not be 1920 property stamped, police modified or post 1918 reworked and those will bear those...

No, they are nice! They are also very scarce all original and particularly all matching. They are important and interesting as well, my only qualifier criteria is that I don’t believe that school trained snipers used them (ZF-41).

There has never been a go to source that deals in original German sniper rifles for the simple fact that there has never been a pool or supply to tap into to obtain them. The originals that exist are scattered among collectors and and few of those collections have very many originals. IMO 10-20...

It looks like it may be tru oil which would be good news for removal but I could easily be wrong from the photos. Its easy enough to test once you get it.

If the finish is varnish or oil based usually acetone will remove it If the finish is shellac or lacquer based denatured alcohol will remove it. Both of the above substances are safe for the wood. If the finish is polyurethane based then good luck! There will be a lot of cussing and pretty much...

Once you see it as you have here, it will probably jump out more for you when you see them in the guns. Look for photos of post 1939 Lugers with matching mags or better still look at any magazine in the Luger with the visible pin going through the bottom piece grasping knob. Any period black...

Nothing wrong with the aluminum bottom magazine. In late 1939 a new magazine design came into use that used a zig-zag elongated magazine spring rather than a round shaped coil spring. The front edge of the magazine body bottom was cut at 90 degree angle to accommodate this new spring.

I’m not sure that “they” are really very many and certainly are not nor have ever been a representation of the majority of Luger collectors. If one wants to know how or why there different opinions on this marking as found on Lugers they need to know the history of how this marking has been...

Yes you do, specifically an original L/21 because, of course, every maker and there were many dozens, used different cores and frames. Where it gets more complicated is that some makers purchased cores, frames, pins and catches from other makers, at least for certain production periods and some...

It’s a very involved subject even for collectors experienced in EKs. In this example I would use the thread linked in the posts above and scroll down into the examples of the Floch fakes particularly the L/21 screw back example. The low date is obvious but as pointed out in that thread not 100%...

Very good chance that he did not know. This cross is older now than the originals were when I started collecting them. I would recommend that you get a second opinion from someone very well versed in these. There is a chance that I’m wrong but I’m giving you a good starting point. If an...

It’s ok to clean it as it is unfortunately a fake/reproduction from about 40-45 years ago. There are a few tells but the extremely low date is always an easy indicator of a Floch cross regardless of the LDO number used and he used several.

To be more clear the BA XI is the clothing office of the XI corps not XI Army. I mis read the earlier comment to assume the question was that this was an Army clothing office which it was but not for the XI Army. The XI corps was under several different Armies at different times during the war...

Yes and XI is also the Corps number of that clothing office. A check of the XI corps wartime activities, post 1915/16 would reveal a general and possible usage area of this Luger or at least the holster

Some Luger collectors have been accepting that as likely for 50-60 years and even longer according to Datig circa 1959. The Luger “community” is far from monolithic nor has it ever been.