Posts by Eric - part II

[cirelaw]

Its rize and fall~~~http://www.antiquetrader.com/feature...nermans-empire

[cirelaw]

The Bannerman Legacy~~ http://user.pa.net/~the.macs/BANNERMAN.html

[cirelaw]

Bannerman Trust~http://www.bannermancastle.org/island-history.html

[cirelaw]

Bannermans' Bio~ http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...nts/chap36.htm

[cirelaw]

Don't I wish I could go back in time. Growing up the closest were the army-navy surplus store in Linden NJ~ http://www.guns.com/2015/11/07/banne...my-navy-store/

[ithacaartist]

Eric,

I find Bannerman and his castle most intriguing. Too bad the place is not in such good shape these days. I've always found abandoned buildings fascinating. Here's a link to Boldt Castle, which is close to where I grew up. Originally, it was never completed--the owner's wife died, and he had been building it for her. The state preservation folks have been at work stabilizing what was there, and moving forward with construction to complete selected areas of the place, most notably the stained glass work above the grand stairwell. As a proposed subcontractor of a colleague who works in stained glass, I put in a bid for completing the steel framework to hold the glass panels, but another company entirely was selected to do the work. http://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/

[cirelaw]

What a beauty!! You are lucky to live upstate, There is so much history. I did spend some time in Ithaca and the finger lakes. Did you make Woodstock??

[Sergio Natali]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Is there any way to determine whether a luger magazine came from D.W.M. or Erfurt or any other info?

Eric

FWIK DWM mags have got the tiny crimp on top in the shape of an half moon while ERFURT have got a straight one.

[cirelaw]

Thank You My Friend! I did not know that!!

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Thank You My Friend! I did not know that!!

As with all things Luger, it is not quite that simple.
There are at least 3 distinct crimp/stab types on the DWM mags.
Early or very early ones = straight, similar to erfurt
later or mid production = "trapezoid" shape
late production= half moon

I have no idea what year, early, mid, or late is.

Very early is the 1900/1901; by 1920 for sure all are half circle.

Maybe someone else can fill in the "real" dates.

[cirelaw]

All Of Our German Favorites~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftxYAE_fm7g

[cirelaw]

A Wonderful Source Of My WW1 Research!~~http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Lin...ther_WWI_Sites

[cirelaw]

Don as long as they fit both 9mm and 7.62! Tks Ps Whats the hole for?

[cirelaw]

Luger Patent~ http://patentpending.blogs.com/paten...er_pistol.html

[cirelaw]

NRA Artillery Luger~~http://www.nramuseum.com/guns/the-ga...-magazine.aspx

[cirelaw]

The absolute finest article on luger http://www.gundigest.com/gun-digest-...rpistolhistory from the writer and luger genius, the late Fred Datig~~

[cirelaw]

A Luger Rifle? http://www.guns.com/2012/07/14/georg...otton-weapons/

[cirelaw]

German MP18~~ http://weaponsman.com/?p=16398

[cirelaw]

Another Favorite~ https://gunsmagazine.com/contemporary-handguns-of-wwll/

[cirelaw]

That Toggle! http://www.landofborchardt.com/1900exp-article.html