Advice on Luger purchase requested

Johnny Peppers · 09-14-2002, 12:32 AM

Herb,
Maybe I need a drink to understand your reply. There is no question that there are 1918 Erfurt P08's, just no 1918 Erfurt LP08's. The 1920 Reichswehr property mark would have no bearing on this data at all.
Where does the "fact" come from that so many Lugers were assmbled by Erfurt using DWM parts and vice-versa. Please reveal your source.
I have no knowledge of DWM numbering Imperial contract pistols other than in the required manner. As to commercial pistols, they numbered them in the manner they considered the easiest to keep records.
I don't know if you have Jan Still's Imperial Lugers, but according to his information on military contract Lugers, beginning in 1912 DWM started over each year at the beginning of the alphabet. If you have information to the contrary which states that DWM did not in fact do this, would you reveal your source?

09-14-2002, 12:32 AM	#34
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Herb, Maybe I need a drink to understand your reply. There is no question that there are 1918 Erfurt P08's, just no 1918 Erfurt LP08's. The 1920 Reichswehr property mark would have no bearing on this data at all. Where does the "fact" come from that so many Lugers were assmbled by Erfurt using DWM parts and vice-versa. Please reveal your source. I have no knowledge of DWM numbering Imperial contract pistols other than in the required manner. As to commercial pistols, they numbered them in the manner they considered the easiest to keep records. I don't know if you have Jan Still's Imperial Lugers, but according to his information on military contract Lugers, beginning in 1912 DWM started over each year at the beginning of the alphabet. If you have information to the contrary which states that DWM did not in fact do this, would you reveal your source?