Whose Breech?

FNorm · 09-28-2009, 08:32 PM

I classified this one as a 1920 DWM Army re-work. All the proofs look right. But it sure looks like a Erfurt proofed breech. Expert's comment requested.

sheepherder · 09-28-2009, 09:01 PM

I am no expert...but I do have an Erfurt toggle train for comparison...

Dwight Gruber · 09-29-2009, 10:19 PM

As determined by the e/ArA4 proofs, this pistol is DWM 1920 new manufacture for the Army, made before the IMKK forbade DWM military production. The breechblock is definitely an older Erfurt-made replacement.

--Dwight

FNorm · 09-29-2009, 10:21 PM

Ahhh. Thanks Dwight!

FN

09-28-2009, 08:32 PM	#1
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	Whose Breech? I classified this one as a 1920 DWM Army re-work. All the proofs look right. But it sure looks like a Erfurt proofed breech. Expert's comment requested. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

09-28-2009, 09:01 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I am no expert...but I do have an Erfurt toggle train for comparison... Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

09-29-2009, 10:19 PM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	As determined by the e/ArA4 proofs, this pistol is DWM 1920 new manufacture for the Army, made before the IMKK forbade DWM military production. The breechblock is definitely an older Erfurt-made replacement. --Dwight

09-29-2009, 10:21 PM	#4
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	Ahhh. Thanks Dwight! FN