Artillery barrels and frames

Johnny Peppers · 08-26-2002, 11:39 AM

The discussion of the Erfurt proofed DWM LP08 barrels came up on the old forum and the consensus of opinion was that all LP08 barrels were made by Erfurt. On page 1 of Jan Still's IL, there is a nice line drawing of the DWM and Erfurt test proofs. On 1914 dated DWM LP08 serial number 1612ns the barrel, receiver, and breechblock are all proofed with the same proof indicated by Still to be DWM. Under the rear sight tangent is found number 612 which is the last three digits of the serial number.
On 1915 dated DWM LP08 serial number 669ns the barrel, receiver, and breechblock are all proofed with the same proof and again it is the proof indicated to be DWM by Still. Under the sight tangent is found the number 2769. Sadly that is the extent of my LP08's.
This brings up the question of proofing on the barrels. Even if the barrels should carry an Erfurt proof, shouldn't they also carry a DWM proof as indication of proofing after assembly? I had a small data base of the numbers found under the rear sight tangent, but lost it in a hard drive failure. Most of the numbers that I had had at least the last two digits matching to the serial number of the pistol.
It would be interesting to know what others have found on their LP08's.

08-26-2002, 11:39 AM	#3
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The discussion of the Erfurt proofed DWM LP08 barrels came up on the old forum and the consensus of opinion was that all LP08 barrels were made by Erfurt. On page 1 of Jan Still's IL, there is a nice line drawing of the DWM and Erfurt test proofs. On 1914 dated DWM LP08 serial number 1612ns the barrel, receiver, and breechblock are all proofed with the same proof indicated by Still to be DWM. Under the rear sight tangent is found number 612 which is the last three digits of the serial number. On 1915 dated DWM LP08 serial number 669ns the barrel, receiver, and breechblock are all proofed with the same proof and again it is the proof indicated to be DWM by Still. Under the sight tangent is found the number 2769. Sadly that is the extent of my LP08's. This brings up the question of proofing on the barrels. Even if the barrels should carry an Erfurt proof, shouldn't they also carry a DWM proof as indication of proofing after assembly? I had a small data base of the numbers found under the rear sight tangent, but lost it in a hard drive failure. Most of the numbers that I had had at least the last two digits matching to the serial number of the pistol. It would be interesting to know what others have found on their LP08's.