Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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DWM Luger m/23, Finnish contract, with board stock

Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 24 ↗

Finnish, m/23 Deutches Waffen Munitionsfabriken (DWM)-manufactured Luger pistols with 95cm or 120cm barrels, cal.’s 7.65mm or 9mm, accompanied by a German- or Finnish- manufactured wooden board shoulder stock.

ATF’s “95cm or 120cm” barrels are presumably 95mm and 120mm. ATF lists cal. 9mm; this is the 9mm Parabellum (9×19mm) cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESAccompanied as the ATF wording requires: “accompanied by a German- or Finnish- manufactured wooden board shoulder stock”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with 95cm or 120cm barrels”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1922–1929.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Germany
Manufacturer
Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken²
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
7.65mm, 9mm Parabellum
Made
1922–1929production; ATF states no date³⁴
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Luger pistol” ↗, general: Luger produced by several nations 1898–1949
  2. Wikipedia, “Luger pistol” ↗, maker: Users, Finland: "7.65 pistols with 95mm and 98mm barrels were ordered from DWM and designated m/23 pistol"; infobox manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken
  3. Wikipedia, “Luger pistol” ↗, years: Users, Finland: "2,000 were delivered in 1922 and a further 2,000 in 1923, by 1929 the army had 8,000 m/23 pistols"
  4. jaegerplatoon.net ↗, years: "Finnish military acquired 8,000 7,65-mm Pistol M/23 in 1920's. The first delivery of 2,000 arrived in July of 1922"; country of origin Germany
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1923–1930 → 1922–1929. Wikipedia (Luger pistol, Finland) and jaegerplatoon.net: deliveries from July 1922, 8,000 in service by 1929

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Historical context

Luger pistol (base model shown for DWM Luger m/23, Finnish contract, with board stock)
Shown: a Luger pistol, not the Finnish m/23 contract pistol with board stock.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Luger IMG 6768-retouched.jpg” by Luger_IMG_6768.jpg: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Luger pistol”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole, commonly known as just the Luger or Luger P08, is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949.