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Rick; those grips are exactly the same as on my shooter artillery. I can"t tell you the year mine was made because someone tried to turn it into a commercial model with a buffing wheel and cold blue. That is why it is a shooter. I assume it is a 1917 or 1918 because it doesn"t have fine tuned sights. Aren"t these GREAT

with a shoulder stock?


Lonnie

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I too enjoy shooting my Artillery. Accurate aren't they? At 15 yards, I aim 3" to the right of dead center to put the bullet dead center. My grips are worn or I would not have to do that.


Yes, they are a lot of fun to shoot.


Yours is a darn fine looking piece.


Dan

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I would be interested in having the information as to how the number found under the sight tangent corresponds to the serial number of the pistol. The tangent must be raised to it's highest position and then a flashlight may be required to see the number stamped in the bottom of the sight assembly. You can e-mail me if you would prefer.

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Rick,


A good posting about shooting a nice pistol sometimes. I take one of my nice ones out every once in a while and enjoy the heck out shooting it.


As you said, these often cause a stir at the range when other come up and want to know what type of pistols you have. Some of these people have seen pictures, but never seen them fired. The genenration we have now at the range all know the plastic or all squared off pistols and the good stugg like Lugers, P.38s are foreign to them. They can't believe that these old pistols can shoot just as accurate as their "wonder nines" they have. I guess I am old fashion myself and like the classic type pistols.


A few weeks ago I was considering getting a "new" style pistol for plinking fun and I wanted a Walther P-99 until I found the one in the gun shops were partially made by S&W. Well, I did go to some gunshops and tried the Walther, H&K, Sig-Sauer, Desert Eagle, Glock, etc. I did not like the feel of any of them except the Sig and it felt good, but still appeared to modern. After thinking I would just stay with my WWII pistols, I started reading about the CZ-75 and found it to be of the classic design and well made. I liked the CZ better than all the other "wonder nines" I tried out, and the price was the lowest of them all. From my research on the CZ, the accuracy was right at the top with all the rest and it is all steel the way a handgun should be. Sorry for the long post and a little off topic, but if you are looking for a modern pistol to buy, take a look at the CZ line.


Marvin

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Johnny; on mine the numbers on the sight match the other numbers.


Lonnie

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Johhny, it looks like mine has an XY It is a 1914 Erfurt and the last two of the serial number are 41, but it doesn't look like a 41, at all.


Never occured to me to look there?


Does that mean anything?


Ed

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I have a shooter arty with new barrel by Tom Heller, exquisite reblueing by Thor, and new Nil grips. I shoot her a lot at an indoor range near my house, and it's about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on!

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Lonnie,

I don't have enough data yet to see a pattern, but some numbers match, and on some the last two digits match. On my 1914 dated DWM LP08 which is a four digit serial number the number under the sight is the last three digits of the serial number. On my 1915 dated DWM LP08 which is a three digit serial number the number under the sight is a four digit number, and only the last two digits match the last two digits of the serial number.

Another number on the sights is at approximately 1:00 to the rear sight screw seen with the tangent raised. This number has so far been the number that precedes the last two digits of the serial number under the sight.