Artillery lugers - my inner circle of dates- the L P 08 1914 to 1920

DonVoigt · 10-25-2016, 10:16 AM

My "set" of artillery lugers by date, from the left:
1914 Erfurt,
the rest are DWM- 1914, '15, '16, '17, '18, and 1920 property stamped 1917.

Edward Tinker · 10-25-2016, 10:26 AM

very nice - is it a real DWM 1914? They are very expensive

and many uh, fakes

Ed

Edward Tinker · 10-25-2016, 10:58 AM

I had a friend want me to sell a 1914 for him, after conferring with a book or two and several experts, we decided it was likely a 1917 or so that had been 'modified'...

cirelaw · 10-25-2016, 12:59 PM

Purchased from George Anderson~

mrerick · 10-25-2016, 01:13 PM

Don, that's quite an achievement! Micro adjust sights on almost all of them too!

My one and only is a 1917 without micro adjust sights.

I just acquired a nice unit marked 1921 dated DWM in the "a" block, but alas, it's not an artillery Luger.

Marc

DonVoigt · 10-25-2016, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

very nice - is it a real DWM 1914? They are very expensive

and many uh, fakes

Ed

Yes, but the barrel is mismatched.
See the post I did on it. Here or the other forum, I don't recall which.

DonVoigt · 10-25-2016, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Great lineup!

I had asked a question about the 1921 chamber stampings -

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...t=35479&page=2

And I'm curious now if any recorded LP-08's have the 1921 stamp???

None that I've heard of or seen.

1921 is a chamber date on some DWM lugers made in 1921.

DonVoigt · 10-25-2016, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrerick

Don, that's quite an achievement! Micro adjust sights on almost all of them too!

My one and only is a 1917 without micro adjust sights.

I just acquired a nice unit marked 1921 dated DWM in the "a" block, but alas, it's not an artillery Luger.

Marc

Marc,
1918 dated Art'ys did not have adjustable rear sights; a very few had the fine tune front. I'm looking for one of those.

I did a post on the four sight combinations found in 1917 a while back. There are both fine tune-the most common; front fixed with fine tune rear-next most found; then both fixed; and rear fixed with front fine tune is the scarcest, with very few reported.

I have one of each shown in the thread.

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Artillery lugers - my inner circle of dates- the L P 08 1914 to 1920 My "set" of artillery lugers by date, from the left: 1914 Erfurt, the rest are DWM- 1914, '15, '16, '17, '18, and 1920 property stamped 1917. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	1914 dwm #1263 Purchased from George Anderson~ Attached Thumbnails

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,370 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Don, that's quite an achievement! Micro adjust sights on almost all of them too! My one and only is a 1917 without micro adjust sights. I just acquired a nice unit marked 1921 dated DWM in the "a" block, but alas, it's not an artillery Luger. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	very nice - is it a real DWM 1914? They are very expensive and many uh, fakes Ed

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	I had a friend want me to sell a 1914 for him, after conferring with a book or two and several experts, we decided it was likely a 1917 or so that had been 'modified'...