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10-15-2007, 09:11 PM | #1 |
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1917 Erfurt receiver notch
Hi:
Just purchased a 1917 Erfurt matching luger. In looking over the pictures the seller sent, I noticed a notch on the top of the receiver as might be found on artillery lugers. The barrel appear to match and is 4 inches. Were all Erfurts produced near the end of the war made with the artillery notch? If the barrel serial did not match, I would think this gun had been rebarreled, but that does not appear to be so. Any insights? Thanks. |
10-15-2007, 10:07 PM | #2 |
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Perfectly correct to have a 1917 Erfurt with the Artillery cut. Apparently this started in 1917 and most have the cut. Yours looks legit to me. Nice Erfurt. Bill
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10-16-2007, 12:52 AM | #3 |
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Hal,
As Bill says, it is correct. Looks like a decent Erfurt. Congrats!!
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10-16-2007, 10:25 AM | #4 |
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Hal, Toward the end of WW1, the Erfurt Arsenal started using up the leftover notched receivers on PO8s,from their 1914 run of LPO8, since by then only DWM was building artillery models. TH
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10-16-2007, 10:13 PM | #5 |
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Thanks to all for the info!!
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