LP production numbers

Balder · 11-07-2009, 05:41 AM

Gentlemen,

I am hopefully in the process of acquring an artillery Luger. There are two complete rigs out there, I hope to end up with one of them. All I know is that one is 1915 and one is 1917, I have no clue whether they are DWM or Erfurt.

Now, does anybody know how many were made in general and in those two years in particular - and by whom?

Balder

FNorm · 11-07-2009, 07:37 AM

Erfurt made LP.08s only in 1914. Figures from Still's books estimates DWM production of 15,000 in 1915, 90,000 in 1917.

FN

George Anderson · 11-07-2009, 08:06 PM

I suggest after you have seen them you post photos of both pistols and their "rigs". The answer to relative value may well lie in the "rigs" not the pistols.

Balder · 11-08-2009, 06:17 AM

FNorm & George,

Thanks for your inputs, I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

Balder

11-07-2009, 05:41 AM	#1
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	LP production numbers Gentlemen, I am hopefully in the process of acquring an artillery Luger. There are two complete rigs out there, I hope to end up with one of them. All I know is that one is 1915 and one is 1917, I have no clue whether they are DWM or Erfurt. Now, does anybody know how many were made in general and in those two years in particular - and by whom? Balder

11-07-2009, 07:37 AM	#2
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	Erfurt made LP.08s only in 1914. Figures from Still's books estimates DWM production of 15,000 in 1915, 90,000 in 1917. FN Last edited by FNorm; 11-07-2009 at 07:38 AM. Reason: spelling

11-07-2009, 08:06 PM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	I suggest after you have seen them you post photos of both pistols and their "rigs". The answer to relative value may well lie in the "rigs" not the pistols.

11-08-2009, 06:17 AM	#4
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	FNorm & George, Thanks for your inputs, I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Balder