1918 Arty observation

Doubs · 03-27-2022, 12:05 PM

I suspect that it's this one: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/926260654

It's a put together FrankenLuger and totally bogus. By late 1917 the fine tune front and rear sights on the Artillery had disappeared, replaced by simpler and more easily manufactured sights.

The subject Luger has been refinished. The receiver is a 1918 Erfurt so the barrel is definitely a replacement. The frame is also Erfurt. The "matching numbers" were force matched during the refinish. If someone wants an Artillery shooter then this would give them the experience of an Artillery but it's certainly not a collectable.

03-27-2022, 12:05 PM	#3
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,742 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,788 Times in 590 Posts	I suspect that it's this one: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/926260654 It's a put together FrankenLuger and totally bogus. By late 1917 the fine tune front and rear sights on the Artillery had disappeared, replaced by simpler and more easily manufactured sights. The subject Luger has been refinished. The receiver is a 1918 Erfurt so the barrel is definitely a replacement. The frame is also Erfurt. The "matching numbers" were force matched during the refinish. If someone wants an Artillery shooter then this would give them the experience of an Artillery but it's certainly not a collectable.