Very interesting posts regarding this "mongrel" (my term only, please excuse) 1914 Erfurt. As I have posted above and formerly, I once owned one of these in the "q" range, have seen another in the "q" range, know of a definite one in Texas in the "r" range, and to confuse the issue further, I examined one about a year ago at the Reno show in the proper no suffix range BUT it still had the receiver notch, relieved sear bar and the matching magazine had only one acceptance mark. I really do not think these were boosted guns to fool and exploit collectors, but rather they were probably later assemblies of guns from parts to satisfy the need for guns near the end of WW1 (no proof of course). It's just amazing to me that now I have either owned, examined, seen on this Forum, or heard of from reliable sources, of six of these "mongrels".
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