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12-26-2005, 07:52 PM | #1 |
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1914 Artillery on Auction Arms
Just saw this one for sale; I believe that a forum member is selling it. I have a 1917 DWM Artillery with matching stock. My question is did Erfurt put the letter suffix on their stocks as DWM did? My 1914 Erfurt Artillery does not have a suffix so I don't have anything to compare to.
http://www.auctionarms.com/search/di...temnum=7161435
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12-27-2005, 08:06 AM | #2 |
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Doug you are right, the AA LP08 is mine.
I have seen Erfurts with the suffix and without. In both cases I was absolutely certain that they were original. What is much more tell-tale on Erfurt stocks is the presence of "proofs" on the screws but, like the suffix, they're not always there. Is your Erfurt a full rig? What is the serial number? |
12-27-2005, 10:24 AM | #3 |
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George, my Erfurt is Sn. 5165. It was the product of the first match up from the shoulder stock exchange. I got the part in trade from Joop VanDeCamp and the first try it slide on very tight. General opinion was that the early guns had hand fitted stock irons so a very high chance that it is the correct one. I have not been able to find any definative answer on the suffix or not on the Erfurts in any refrence books.
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...threadid=11210
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