help with a 1912 Erfurt question?
 

A friend has a 1912 Erfurt Luger, all the numbers seem to match except the mag which is an overstamp and it seems to have the same military proofs we have seen on others. The pistol has about 70% of what appears to be the original blue finish, except for the barrel which does not appear to have been blued however, it's external surfaces are in the same condition as the rest of the gun. It looks like its been there for 100 years.
The question I have is the barrel length. This gun has a 7" barrel (measured from muzzle to breech face)that appears to be in exactly the same condition as the rest of the pistol, though unmarked it is otherwise standard luger configuration. Someone said this may be a prototype. Have you ever heard of such a thing and is the 7" a length that was used? Thanks for your help with this. Dave:confused:

Welcome to the forum!

This gun was rebarreled sometime in its life. Many Lugers were brought back and rebarreled after WW1.
This gun in this condition will make a nice shooter but has no collector value

I suspected as much but I'm no expert on Lugers. Thank you very much for your very fast reply!

Dave:rockon:

We do, however like photos and could see something interesting about the gun if given the chance.
dju

Likely it was done by Pacific Arms imported into the USA in the 1920's.

Does it have GERMANY stamped on it anywhere?

"the barrel which does not appear to have been blued " This is puzzling..it has never been blued? It is in the white?

Jerry Burney

I've never heard of Erfurt making a prototype. DWM made a few prototype Lugers with 7" barrels. Maybe this is what someone was thinking about.