Erfurt Luger

Ron Wood · 05-20-2004, 08:32 PM

Functionaly, an Erfurt Luger is every bit as good as a DWM. As Ted (Thor) has pointed out, Erfurt, being a government arsenal, did not exercise the same level of exterior finish as DWM, which had been producing commercial weapons and therefore was prepared with equipment and procedures to produce a finer finish. Also as Ted has indicated, there are fewer Erfurt Lugers to collect. So in my opinion, in the higher condition range (95% or better) given a DWM and an Erfurt in identical condition I would expect the Erfurt to command a slight premium.

05-20-2004, 08:32 PM	#3
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Functionaly, an Erfurt Luger is every bit as good as a DWM. As Ted (Thor) has pointed out, Erfurt, being a government arsenal, did not exercise the same level of exterior finish as DWM, which had been producing commercial weapons and therefore was prepared with equipment and procedures to produce a finer finish. Also as Ted has indicated, there are fewer Erfurt Lugers to collect. So in my opinion, in the higher condition range (95% or better) given a DWM and an Erfurt in identical condition I would expect the Erfurt to command a slight premium. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction