Inherited 1918 Erfurt with police holster and two mags

lugerholsterrepair · 11-10-2018, 07:52 PM

Diane, Excellent job! The fluted firing pin David mentions and the numbered rear toggle pin are indicators of the pistol being re worked by Mauser. The pistol was not equipped with these features when it was originally made.

The bore is excellent! Shows very little use.

The interior rails being in the white is an indication that the pistol has it's original bluing.

Nicely done..
Did Don ever contact you about the wood bottom magazine with your serial number? Does he know where it might be?

Good follow up Girl! Fell apart like I said didn't it? There is a slight trick putting it back together..

OBXmom · 11-10-2018, 09:26 PM

Thank you Jerry!
Don did help me with some contact info. The first email address came back undeliverable (I was crushed!). Don had another email address, so I resent but we haven't had a response yet. I'll definitely post an update if I hear from him.
The wooden based mags are what would have been made for the piece back in 1918, right? When would the aluminum ones have been added, when it went into police service? But that wooden base has the police unit marking, so I'm confused. Do you ever find a piece that has matching wood and aluminum mags?
Anything unusual or special I also about any of the other markings?
Thank you for being patient with all my questions!
Diane

11-10-2018, 07:52 PM	#1
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Diane, Excellent job! The fluted firing pin David mentions and the numbered rear toggle pin are indicators of the pistol being re worked by Mauser. The pistol was not equipped with these features when it was originally made. The bore is excellent! Shows very little use. The interior rails being in the white is an indication that the pistol has it's original bluing. Nicely done.. Did Don ever contact you about the wood bottom magazine with your serial number? Does he know where it might be? Good follow up Girl! Fell apart like I said didn't it? There is a slight trick putting it back together.. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-10-2018, 09:26 PM	#2
OBXmom User Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 20 Thanks: 24 Thanked 34 Times in 14 Posts	Thank you Jerry! Don did help me with some contact info. The first email address came back undeliverable (I was crushed!). Don had another email address, so I resent but we haven't had a response yet. I'll definitely post an update if I hear from him. The wooden based mags are what would have been made for the piece back in 1918, right? When would the aluminum ones have been added, when it went into police service? But that wooden base has the police unit marking, so I'm confused. Do you ever find a piece that has matching wood and aluminum mags? Anything unusual or special I also about any of the other markings? Thank you for being patient with all my questions! Diane