Interesting markings/EG VOPO Lugers

Doubs · 08-29-2002, 06:31 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Thor:
<strong>I assume this is a REWORK marking. I do believe these were Erfurt frames, but I would have to go look again. None of these frames were made in the 50s were they? <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

They're almost certain to be reworks. East German law (again, according to the book I've already quoted) required proofing again if certain things were done to an existing gun. I've read that the East Germans did manufacture Luger frames but I've never seen one. Those I've read about would never be mistaken for a DWM or Erfurt produced gun as the workmanship is said to be very crude and the lanyard loop wasn't installed. I find the stamps on your pistols to be very interesting and of all the E. German reworks I've examined, none have had them. A good find for you, I'd say.

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08-29-2002, 06:31 PM	#4
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,742 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,787 Times in 590 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by Thor: <strong>I assume this is a REWORK marking. I do believe these were Erfurt frames, but I would have to go look again. None of these frames were made in the 50s were they? <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote> They're almost certain to be reworks. East German law (again, according to the book I've already quoted) required proofing again if certain things were done to an existing gun. I've read that the East Germans did manufacture Luger frames but I've never seen one. Those I've read about would never be mistaken for a DWM or Erfurt produced gun as the workmanship is said to be very crude and the lanyard loop wasn't installed. I find the stamps on your pistols to be very interesting and of all the E. German reworks I've examined, none have had them. A good find for you, I'd say.