This forum needs some more examples.
Depot built LZA guns are not exactly rare, but actual LZA repairs are really, really tough. I have only ever seen a handful. This was a DWM Luger of some kind. Damage must have been significant because the receiver required replacement (which is not common) along with the barrel and rear end of the toggle assembly. Shrapnel hits I would assume. Side plate and hold open latch are both also S/42 replacements, and the grips are unnumbered E/655 spares. Breech block is, weirdly, original to the frame. Like most of these reworked Lugers, it seems not everything was reblued. The S/42 receiver, barrel and side plate all have different types of bluing on them. Kinda neat.
Its probably impossible to say which depot did this work. It doesn't really line up with Küpper's work, so IMO its unlikely it came from there. It has some Ingolstadt made or accepted parts (Jt20 extractor and Jt18 sear bar), so I'd guess LZA Erding since both are located in Bavaria. SN Font doesn't really match up with the LZA4 K98k which I think are Erding, but it does appear very similar to fonts found on Ingolstadt repaired Lugers. Whoever did the work, I'd guess this was a later war repair from the matte reblue on the original parts that were cleaned up as well as some of the not so great fitting work.
Depot built LZA guns are not exactly rare, but actual LZA repairs are really, really tough. I have only ever seen a handful. This was a DWM Luger of some kind. Damage must have been significant because the receiver required replacement (which is not common) along with the barrel and rear end of the toggle assembly. Shrapnel hits I would assume. Side plate and hold open latch are both also S/42 replacements, and the grips are unnumbered E/655 spares. Breech block is, weirdly, original to the frame. Like most of these reworked Lugers, it seems not everything was reblued. The S/42 receiver, barrel and side plate all have different types of bluing on them. Kinda neat.
Its probably impossible to say which depot did this work. It doesn't really line up with Küpper's work, so IMO its unlikely it came from there. It has some Ingolstadt made or accepted parts (Jt20 extractor and Jt18 sear bar), so I'd guess LZA Erding since both are located in Bavaria. SN Font doesn't really match up with the LZA4 K98k which I think are Erding, but it does appear very similar to fonts found on Ingolstadt repaired Lugers. Whoever did the work, I'd guess this was a later war repair from the matte reblue on the original parts that were cleaned up as well as some of the not so great fitting work.
