Seeking Artillery

[ithacaartist]

I hadn't visited the Simpson offerings for a while, so I took a look. This "Mauser Stoeger Artillery" prompted a question: Why is there no notch for the front sight leaf present on the front of the receiver? For almost $16k, I'd like to know! http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=47107

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

I hadn't visited the Simpson offerings for a while, so I took a look. This "Mauser Stoeger Artillery" prompted a question: Why is there no notch for the front sight leaf present on the front of the receiver? For almost $16k, I'd like to know! http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=47107

Even though I'm not into artillery Lugers myself, I have this to offer:

The artillery Luger is a WW-I thing. So, mistrust anything that is:

A) made by someone else other than DWM or Erfurt arsenal.

B) "double dated". According to Versailles treaty, Germany could no longer produce, or possess handguns with barrels longer than 10cm. The 1920 mark is a Weimar possession stamp, hou do your own math.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by kurusu

Even though I'm not into artillery Lugers myself, I have this to offer:

The artillery Luger is a WW-I thing. So, mistrust anything that is:

A) made by someone else other than DWM or Erfurt arsenal.

B) "double dated". According to Versailles treaty, Germany could no longer produce, or possess handguns with barrels longer than 10cm. The 1920 mark is a Weimar possession stamp, hou do your own math.

Kurusu,

Double date Artillery lugers are or can be entirely acceptable.

The Landjaegeri used them with 8" barrels up to about 1929.
The Navy used them and also marked them during the Weimar era, they were under British control and didn't seem to care about small arms.

So don't condemn them all!

[George Anderson]

Originally Posted by kurusu

B) "double dated". According to Versailles treaty, Germany could no longer produce, or possess handguns with barrels longer than 10cm. The 1920 mark is a Weimar possession stamp, hou do your own math.

The Versailles Treaty and its subsequent restrictions made no prohibitions on military pistol barrel lengths. The only restrictions were tied to military calibre and foreign sales. Germany was permitted to produce enough 9 mm P08s to supply the new one hundred thousand man army and the expanded police force.There is no mention of barrel lengths in any of the protocols.