All,
If this "beginner" can pose another possibility :
Is there any documentation of Erfurt making lugers in late 1917-1918 with left-over, unused 1914 frames ? As Erfurt was feeling the pressures of filling out orders in the late phases of WWI, might they have reached, deep into their parts bins ?
I understand Kreighoff did this; with chamber dates and serial numbers getting out of sequential order.
But then, the early nice Erfurt finish may not make sense...
And yes, I do not rule out the possiblity of such 1914 Erfurts being "funny" guns, either...
Dr. Fisher : We all look forward to your follow-up post, once you have more information to share with the Forum ! <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />