a new Swiss luger

drbuster · 01-13-2005, 09:21 AM

Absolutely fabulous Swiss 1900! Thanks Jean-Marie for sharing the pictures with all of us. I am also interested in the "1914" Erfurt. At one time I owned a similar 1914 Erfurt serialed in the "q" suffix. I later learned that Erfurt made only 7000 (Still) 4" lugers that year. They are characterized by: no suffix, no notch on the chamber for the artillery sight, an unrelieved sear bar and two proof marks on the magazine bottom. My "1914" turned out to be actually a 1917 or 1918 piece with a 1914 dated receiver. Your photos seem to also be a later Erfurt with a 1914 dated receiver. I would like to know what the serial number and suffix, if any, are.

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01-13-2005, 09:21 AM	#1
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Absolutely fabulous Swiss 1900! Thanks Jean-Marie for sharing the pictures with all of us. I am also interested in the "1914" Erfurt. At one time I owned a similar 1914 Erfurt serialed in the "q" suffix. I later learned that Erfurt made only 7000 (Still) 4" lugers that year. They are characterized by: no suffix, no notch on the chamber for the artillery sight, an unrelieved sear bar and two proof marks on the magazine bottom. My "1914" turned out to be actually a 1917 or 1918 piece with a 1914 dated receiver. Your photos seem to also be a later Erfurt with a 1914 dated receiver. I would like to know what the serial number and suffix, if any, are.