H. Jones' Book - 1917 Erfurt Artillery ?

Doubs · 10-08-2002, 05:06 PM

John, everytime I see that picture - once was too many times - it nearly makes me sick! Untold thousands of Lugers and C-96's and who-knows-what condemned to the furnaces. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

But, I can't believe that any significant quantity of Erfurt Artillery Lugers from years other than 1914 were destroyed.... at least to the extent that you seem to be suggesting.

If even a handful - say 40 or 50 total - of Erfurt Artillery model Lugers, with dates of 1915 through 1918 were known to exist and had been authenticated, then I'd have to say that Erfurt obviously manufactured Artillery Lugers during those years. However, two examples - one from 1915 and one from 1917 - create more questions than they do answers. I can imagine several very plausable ways in which these pistols came into being. Some legitimate, without the intent to deceive and some not so innocent.

It will take more than two one-off examples to satisfy me that Erfurt had a production run of Artillery Lugers with any receiver date other than 1914.

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10-08-2002, 05:06 PM	#15
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,742 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,788 Times in 590 Posts	John, everytime I see that picture - once was too many times - it nearly makes me sick! Untold thousands of Lugers and C-96's and who-knows-what condemned to the furnaces. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!! But, I can't believe that any significant quantity of Erfurt Artillery Lugers from years other than 1914 were destroyed.... at least to the extent that you seem to be suggesting. If even a handful - say 40 or 50 total - of Erfurt Artillery model Lugers, with dates of 1915 through 1918 were known to exist and had been authenticated, then I'd have to say that Erfurt obviously manufactured Artillery Lugers during those years. However, two examples - one from 1915 and one from 1917 - create more questions than they do answers. I can imagine several very plausable ways in which these pistols came into being. Some legitimate, without the intent to deceive and some not so innocent. It will take more than two one-off examples to satisfy me that Erfurt had a production run of Artillery Lugers with any receiver date other than 1914.