1917 Erfurt luger

[DavidJayUden]

Don't ALL Erfurt barrel extensions have the cut out for the Arty. sight?
dju

[MFC]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Don't ALL Erfurt barrel extensions have the cut out for the Arty. sight?
dju

No... 1914 Erfurts with 4" barrels did not have the artillery notch. 1916 through 1918, most do but a few don't.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Don't ALL Erfurt barrel extensions have the cut out for the Arty. sight?
dju

Originally Posted by MFC

No... 1914 Erfurts with 4" barrels did not have the artillery notch. 1916 through 1918, most do but a few don't.

While I don't doubt your clarification, I see that I'm not the only one who has read here that all Erfurts had the notch...I don't recall who said [wrote] it, but it did stick in my memory...Crowding out more important facts, like what I had for dinner last Tuesday...

[Norme]

Erfurt made Artilleries in 1914 only, but they evidently had a lot of surplus notched receivers which they used up later in the war. Here's a 1916 Erfurt with no notch. Regards, Norm

[Norme]

And here's another. Sorry for the poor photo, I sold this gun years ago. Regards, Norm