"made in Germany

Marcus · 05-12-2003, 10:51 AM

P.S. Another thing about this gun is that it is 7.65 mm, not 9 mm. I thought all 1918 Erfurts were 9 mm. My guess is that at the same time it was marked for export it was given a new barrel and rechambered to comply with the postwar specs. If that is true though, when they did it they did it well enough (including the barrel serial stamp) to fool the local "expert" to declare it was 100% original. This supposed "expert" also claimed that the Germany military in WW1 was issuing these 7.65 mm guns along with the 9 mm, trusting the soldiers to know what caliber they had to shoot, even though there were no external marking. This "expert" also claimed that .30 caliber Luger ammo was nearly impossible to find. The old gentleman lost his expert status with me when I found at least 2 different brands of 30 Luger readily available in the other local shops.
The last chapter of this story is that the gun is not a shooter. Apparent at some point someone messed up the chamber so that the cases expand and there is not enough recoil transmitter to work the action. I got my money back and this gun is out of my life.

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05-12-2003, 10:51 AM	#8
Marcus User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	P.S. Another thing about this gun is that it is 7.65 mm, not 9 mm. I thought all 1918 Erfurts were 9 mm. My guess is that at the same time it was marked for export it was given a new barrel and rechambered to comply with the postwar specs. If that is true though, when they did it they did it well enough (including the barrel serial stamp) to fool the local "expert" to declare it was 100% original. This supposed "expert" also claimed that the Germany military in WW1 was issuing these 7.65 mm guns along with the 9 mm, trusting the soldiers to know what caliber they had to shoot, even though there were no external marking. This "expert" also claimed that .30 caliber Luger ammo was nearly impossible to find. The old gentleman lost his expert status with me when I found at least 2 different brands of 30 Luger readily available in the other local shops. The last chapter of this story is that the gun is not a shooter. Apparent at some point someone messed up the chamber so that the cases expand and there is not enough recoil transmitter to work the action. I got my money back and this gun is out of my life.