#ERFURT LUGER SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

Winchester Commemoratives Winchester Rifles. Garmin panoptix comboДЄutos Revolvers Sig Antiques Miscellaneous Rolling Blocks. Toggle menu Login or Sign Up 0.Д«ayonets Daggers Knives Swords. We hope this will continue to have exactly the firearm you are expecting delivered to you. This should make the possibility of returning a firearm less likely. There may have been something over looked while writing a description that your salesman will catch for you. We do this to assure you are getting the firearm you want, by describing condition to you in person. At this time, we ask you to call and speak to a salesman to purchase firearms. Please click Accept Cookies to continue to use the site. The Erfurt is myriad of proofs with the Crown proofs on all the small parts.The cookie settings on this website are set to 'allow all cookies' to give you the very best experience. The rig includesw the all matching Luger, the 2nd matching magazine and the loading tool. The period holster is still subtle and all the stitching is intact everything is functional. Here you can see the double matching magazines and the Imperial marked loading tool that fits in the holster lid pocket. Original grips were serial numbered to the gun and when installed by the Erfurt factory also proofed. Original grips are finely cut diamond shaped checkering made from walnut or in some cases beech wood. It was then purchased by the Prussian government and produced huge quantities of weapons, estimated to exceedbefore being dismantled by the Allies at the end of the WWI and the machinery then sold to Simson. The Erfurt factory was originally located in Saarn and then moved to Erfurt under private ownership. The barrel is strong with clear lands and grooves. In this order was amended, new guns had hold-opens and old ones were refitted which accounts for the 'pin' in the right rail and a Crown RC.Д¬lean and well kept by its owner this Luger has the short sear a Crown RC indicating it was brought back to the arsenal for either repair or replacement of a part. In the field this proved a poor decision because they shooter didn't know when the gun was empty and had to go through the entire charging stroke to reload. In the initial contract to save money the German Government decided not to mortise the frame for the hold open spring which they believed saved them costs. Proof marks are well struck and clearly visible. There are inspector marks all over the weapon in a variety of crowed stamps.

The Erfurt's are the most proofed models of Parabellums. However Erfurt never changed the machinery and there was a mortise cut in the front of the receiver that would accommodate the artillery leaf sight. After one year the production didn't meet expectations so DWM went back into production for the 'Artillery'. In the decision was made to have the Erfurt Factory produce the mm Barreled 'artillery' Parabellum. Magazine on right has one number horizontal, might be the personal expression of the maker or a distraction on the line.

#ERFURT LUGER SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#

To properly identify your Luger always use the full serial number with the alphabet identifier. Military Lugers were numbered and then 1aa, 1bb, and so on. On the left is the frame and barrel matching serial numbers. The DWM factory in Berlin moved to peak production by and were producing Parabellums' per day however this didn't meet the requirements for the massive mobilization. In the Erfurt factory stopped production of the 4' barrel and focused on the artillery model 8' and the DWM factory concentrated on the 4' production. Erfurts' were always very heavily proofed a delight to study. The right side of the receiver displays all the Imperial Army acceptance stamps. The extractor is marked 'Geladen' loaded and the thumb safety is marked 'Gesichert' safe. This model of the Luger was produced from until for the German Military when the model was changed to include the hold open and add the stock lug. The rear sight is 'V' cut fixed and front dovetailed sight and the frame has the stock lug and hold open device. Photographs are copyrighted, all rights reserved, any extraction, reproduction or display of gun pictures without the express consent of the Phoenix Investment Arms is strictly prohibited. Magnified close-ups show us tool marks and natural surface conditions that one normally doesn't see in the ordinary handling of the weapon. NOTE: Photographs taken today with the high mega-pixel camera show more than we sometimes can see with the human eye. Just like it came from the battlefield of WWI.

This is a 9mm Parabellum with a mm barrel. The Chamber date is the year of production by Erfurt, in this case very early in the war.

Erfurt Luger Serial Numbers