New Here, 1st Luger (1918 ERFURT 9mm), always wanted one
 

Hi everyone,

Picked this up from a LGS about 2 weeks ago. Recently retirement PD (California Agency).

I know little to nothing about Lugers, but I have a good knowledge of the "normal" stuff. Being born in Germany made this even more special. :cheers:

It was shot this the day I got it and it felt like a Mercedes, although the sights are off more than I would expect (~3" high/left at 10 yards). After, took it home for a good cleaning, didn't realize how dirty it was internally (surprised it even shot). I know I'll need to go back and clean again here soon.

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Hello, and welcome to the forum.

Congratulations on your new Luger.

It looks to probably have been refinished, and would be considered a "shooter" especially as it cycles properly according to your description. Many of these shoot to a high point of aim compared to modern handguns because they were sighted for a different distance.

You'll probably make good use of our FAQ PDF document. It's free to download and has quite a bit of good reference informaiton.

Just follow the FAQ link at the top of every forum page.

Another "broken crown"...

Michael, David is referring to the Erfurt crown logo on the toggle, and not anything wrong with your Luger.

At a certain point in production, the die that produces the crown impression broke, and all the pistol toggles made after that point show this broken line.

Marc

Hi Michael,
Welcome to the forum! 3" high at 10 yards sounds about right, your gun was sighted in at 50 meters. Earlier Lugers, made prior to 1914, were sighted in at 100 meters!
Regards, Norm

Welcome to the Forum, and congratulations on your ERFURT.

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your "new" Erfurt Luger.

It's been refinished as already stated but will be great as a shooter. It looks like it already has a Mec-Gar magazine which should work well. If you don't already have the combination/loading tool, buy one. The reproduction tools are cheap and it will save your thumb when loading the magazine.

If it shoots to the left then drift the front sight a little to the left which will bring your point of impact back to the right. It won't take a lot.

Congrats on your FIRST Luger....they are addicting. The Luger trigger pull can be a bit stiff, to say the least, and if you are unfamiliar with it, that could easily be causing you to shoot to the left of POA. Just give your new Luger some range time, and you may well find that you won't need to adjust the sights. :thumbup:

Thanks for the warm welcome. I hope to be around here and there.

All the best,

Michael aka Triple

I can't find it but somebody on another thread said sighted for 75 meters.

Somebody was me.
My "IIRC"(if I recall correctly) qualifie the 75m, and I did not recall correctly.
Checked just now in Pistole Parabellum, green edition, volume II, Page 1059.

Original "zero" was 80 to 110 meters; and in 1913 orders were given to install a front sight blade to
correspond to 50m, as Norm said.

The sight was changed at the same time the hold open was added; the front sight was also marked with a crown/letter "inspection" mark by Erfurt, as was the frame where the pin for the
hold open was added.