Erfurt luger p08 1916 help

[German18031]

I'm new to Luger's own a decent amount of WW1 and WW2 German firearms and fell into a trade on a Luger. Getting mixed information on Facebook groups.

Gun is all matching every part minus the magazine. Decent shape decent blue and nice bore


Questions on the stamps and unit marking

[Mac Cat]

It looks like a 1916 ERFURT luger, 3370d, with a chipped left grip.
They made 80,000 that year.
The acceptance stamps look soft, but that photo is probably out of focus.
The chip on the left grip is very common and it can be repaired.
I read that they switched from walnut to beech wood for the grip panels.

It does have a magazine from much later - it should have a wood (beech wood) bottom magazine.

It is unit marked and my guess is that it was issued to a Machine Gun company (M. G.)

What are your concerns about it ?

[German18031]

I was told both police issue and machine gun unit.

I will take better pictures today and post them just any information at all is helpful.

[German18031]

Here's more pictures

[Daniel76]

The pistol contains nothing else indicating it saw any police service besides perhaps the grip strap marking. Police guns would normally be expected to be sporting the remains of a sear and/or magazine safety. Both of these were discontinued by the police in the 1930's, however they were still seen in various forms until the guns were captured/turned in at the end of the war. Below are pictures of them both. There are several folks on here who are very familiar with both types of markings and if I was going to bet, given the absence of any other indicators, I would say wartime unit marking.

[Doubs]

The unit marking appears to be Machinegun Company 3, Weapon number 624. I've never seen a weapon number more than two digits. Unit markings were done at unit level so no telling why it was done that way.

The inspection and final acceptance stamps on the right receiver wall are standard Erfurt. The Crown/RC stamp on the frame above the trigger guard indicates that something about the frame was slightly out of spec but a "Revisions Commission" Inspector certified that it was serviceable. The Crown/RC stamp is not a rework stamp as was originally thought. You may find the C/RC stamp on other parts as it was fairly common on Erfurt Lugers.

There is nothing to suggest it was ever used by police.

[German18031]

Thank you all so much is it a decent example of a WW1 Luger

Your all very helpful

[rhuff]

It appears to be a pretty standard, decent Erfort Luger to me. Congrats!