Notch on upper receiver

skeeter4206 · 12-14-2012, 08:15 PM

I have a police luger that has a notch in the upper receiver at the barrel. I have seen other lugers that also have this same notch in the upper receiver in the same location.

My question is what was the purpose of the notch and why do some lugers have them and others dont?

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Neil Young · 12-14-2012, 10:46 PM

The notch is a recess that is intended to allow the rear sight of an artillery model to be fully lowered. I understand that some Erfurt lugers used receivers previously made for artillery models on P08's, or just didn't change the tooling and continued cutting the notch after LP08 pproduction ceased. I don't know of DWM doing the same. Then it could be a converted LP08.

skeeter4206 · 12-14-2012, 11:02 PM

That makes since. Thanks!

drbuster · 12-15-2012, 01:25 PM

Some later DWM's, especially the 1918 dates, have this notch.

George Anderson · 12-15-2012, 02:48 PM

The only DWM Lugers with the notch are or were artillery models initially.

12-14-2012, 08:15 PM	#1
skeeter4206 User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 448 Thanks: 52 Thanked 88 Times in 49 Posts	Notch on upper receiver I have a police luger that has a notch in the upper receiver at the barrel. I have seen other lugers that also have this same notch in the upper receiver in the same location. My question is what was the purpose of the notch and why do some lugers have them and others dont?

12-14-2012, 10:46 PM	#2
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 540 Thanks: 546 Thanked 438 Times in 165 Posts	The notch is a recess that is intended to allow the rear sight of an artillery model to be fully lowered. I understand that some Erfurt lugers used receivers previously made for artillery models on P08's, or just didn't change the tooling and continued cutting the notch after LP08 pproduction ceased. I don't know of DWM doing the same. Then it could be a converted LP08. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done. Last edited by Neil Young; 12-14-2012 at 10:47 PM. Reason: added last statement

12-14-2012, 11:02 PM	#3
skeeter4206 User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 448 Thanks: 52 Thanked 88 Times in 49 Posts	That makes since. Thanks!

12-15-2012, 01:25 PM	#4
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Some later DWM's, especially the 1918 dates, have this notch.

12-15-2012, 02:48 PM	#5
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	The only DWM Lugers with the notch are or were artillery models initially.