1914 Erfurt dilemma--SOLVED!

drbuster · 08-22-2002, 09:45 PM

I spoke to Jan Still today about 1914 #9912 "q" that has been the subject of 1914 Erfurt dilemmas I, II and III. With his permission so he won't have to post: The gun's proofs are original, there are halos around the barrel serial and proofs, the proof on the upper right is struck more delicately that those on the right side of the receiver. So far so good. There is a cut-out on the top of the chamber to accept the artillery sight, the sear is of the relieved type,and there is only one proof on the clip bottom. None of these last three features were present on the "ns", "a" or "b" suffix 1914s. The conclusion: This Erfurt was assembled no earlier than 1916 from left over parts. Presumably this is also true of the "r" suffix 1914 sold to a collector in Texas by Ralph. This all seems very plausible and I am relieved to finally have an acceptable explanation. I still love my Erfurt WW1 veteran, this baby saw action! Thank you all who contributed your ideas to this "dilemma". Long live the Luger Forum. <img src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" border="0" alt="[bigbye]" />

08-22-2002, 09:45 PM	#1
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	1914 Erfurt dilemma--SOLVED! I spoke to Jan Still today about 1914 #9912 "q" that has been the subject of 1914 Erfurt dilemmas I, II and III. With his permission so he won't have to post: The gun's proofs are original, there are halos around the barrel serial and proofs, the proof on the upper right is struck more delicately that those on the right side of the receiver. So far so good. There is a cut-out on the top of the chamber to accept the artillery sight, the sear is of the relieved type,and there is only one proof on the clip bottom. None of these last three features were present on the "ns", "a" or "b" suffix 1914s. The conclusion: This Erfurt was assembled no earlier than 1916 from left over parts. Presumably this is also true of the "r" suffix 1914 sold to a collector in Texas by Ralph. This all seems very plausible and I am relieved to finally have an acceptable explanation. I still love my Erfurt WW1 veteran, this baby saw action! Thank you all who contributed your ideas to this "dilemma". Long live the Luger Forum. <img src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" border="0" alt="[bigbye]" />