Reproduction small box for Erma .22 conversion for P 08 -

DonVoigt · 10-30-2015, 01:52 PM

Hugh,
I have not started a box from "scratch", these were already built when I got them.
Just not usable, because of being warped. Removing the warp required re-cutting the inlets to make them deep enough again.

A new box might actually take less time; as I would not paint the inlet areas, but leave them natural like the originals. These are painted because the boxes were stained a red brown, which had to be removed from the flat areas, but is near impossible to get out of the inlet areas.

The big challenge is the latch, which is unlike any US latch I have seen. The original maker made these from scratch also, from solid steel material, way too hard to duplicate. There may be something like them available in Germany, but I have not looked.

sheepherder · 04-08-2016, 09:50 PM

Don, are these commercial .22 ERMA conversion unit boxes??? They look much more refined than the pics I looked at in TBLAP...

Your thread had stuck in my mind, as my Nambu, Lahti, and even my artillery Luger long-barrel conversions just sit in a cardboard box. I currently have a slab of soft Pine on my mill and just finished inletting it for the 'artillery' Nambu barrel. Next week I'll work on adding a magazine, bolt, and cocking knob inlet. But my plan was to make it as crude as the German wartime inletted boxes.

A "Gonzo" Nambu parts box...I might even try to age it...

DonVoigt · 04-08-2016, 09:56 PM

No,
they were someones creation from scratch. Similar but not original Erma.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Don, are these commercial .22 ERMA conversion unit boxes??? They look much more refined than the pics I looked at in TBLAP...

Your thread had stuck in my mind, as my Nambu, Lahti, and even my artillery Luger long-barrel conversions just sit in a cardboard box. I currently have a slab of soft Pine on my mill and just finished inletting it for the 'artillery' Nambu barrel. Next week I'll work on adding a magazine, bolt, and cocking knob inlet. But my plan was to make it as crude as the German wartime inletted boxes.

A "Gonzo" Nambu parts box...I might even try to age it...

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10-30-2015, 01:52 PM	#1
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,683 Thanks: 1,444 Thanked 4,358 Times in 2,042 Posts	Hugh, I have not started a box from "scratch", these were already built when I got them. Just not usable, because of being warped. Removing the warp required re-cutting the inlets to make them deep enough again. A new box might actually take less time; as I would not paint the inlet areas, but leave them natural like the originals. These are painted because the boxes were stained a red brown, which had to be removed from the flat areas, but is near impossible to get out of the inlet areas. The big challenge is the latch, which is unlike any US latch I have seen. The original maker made these from scratch also, from solid steel material, way too hard to duplicate. There may be something like them available in Germany, but I have not looked.