Artillery and snail drum at the range
 

Took one of my sons to the local shooting range yesterday. Had 6 pistols including a 1939 Luger and my 1917 DWM artillery with type 2 snail drum and board stock. It didn't take 2 minutes and everyone on the range was over to look at the artillery rig. My son had the honors and it fired like a champ. The only problem I had was I didn't take my loader (repro) so I have an excuse to go back out.

PHOTOS! Brent... Photos... always remember to bring your digital camera on those outings so you can share the experience with us...

John: I'm glad you said to get some photos as I never gave it a thought. I have a digital camera and will snap a few the next time we're out. He was really smiling after shooting it with the snail drum and you could tell the other people were a little green with envy.

Great Brent! :)

The thing is, that many times, as collectors, we don't have pictures of things like that, so it is nice to see.

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Ed

Brent,
What condition is the gun?
what do you belive about the 800 Meters rear sight of the Artillerys, how are you satisfied with the accuracy?
I have several of Artillerys, but would never take them to a range, because I�´m afraid of breaking parts.
Which distance really is to gain with that gun ?

Last week I took several of my Lugers and 45's to the range to teach my 50 year old sister to shoot. She has always wanted to shoot a pistol so I accomodated her. Included in my firearms was my 1914 Erfurt LP08 rig. I instructed her in small arms safety and all the usual range etiquette. We had three hours of great fun together. The Arty shoots very well, is super accurate and the most fun to shoot of all the Lugers that I have. I shoot every one of my Lugers including my 1900 American Eagle. The Luger is robust, was designed to be fired and so far I have had no parts failures. Get out and enjoy shooting them.
Best to all, Craig

Pisto: I have 3 artilleries, a 1914 Erfurt and two 1917 DWM's one of which has been reblued. I shoot the reblued as like most I don't want to take a chance on breaking any parts on either of the originals. The other 17 has some pitting on the barrel but the finish is all original. The 14 is in very nice condition with the usual wear. Our local range isn't very large with 200 yards being the longest we can shoot but the artillery seems to be pretty accurate at that distance. My main interest is Imperial Lugers and I have a total of 27 Lugers including the artilleries, a 1906 American Eagle with Ideal stock, a "G" date, a 1939 and a newer made from the 1970's.

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Sounds great, I don't shoot my "collector guns" (which I always hated hearing when I was younger) but I "have" shot several of them to test them... Guns were meant to be fired afterall...

Ed

Next time I go to the range I will take some pictures with my digital camera. I have attempted to upload photos to the forum per the instructions but so far have not been successful. I will e-mail them to someone if they are game so that they can be posted.
Craig

I have a 1917 DWM and the type 2 snail drum. I have the original loading tool and I've loaded it and shot it at the local range a couple of times. They sort of frown upon loading more than six or seven shots at a time but the range captain allowed me to do it as a test. My accuracy is better with the carbine stock attached to the reciever than without. I think the extra weight of the drum throws the balance off a bit. The Artillery luger is without a doubt one of the most accurate and enjoyable guns I've ever fired. I can't hardly wait to send it to Thor and have it restored back to it's original beauty.

Lee123: You might consider letting the range officer shoot it next time you're at the range. Good way to make a friend and it might help him understand why it's fun to have the drum fully loaded when you shoot it. Brent B