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Unread 08-27-2012, 11:30 AM   #41
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I would be curious to see the same area in the STAINLESS STEEL LUGER reproduction variations, since they were all made by the same company in Houston, TX regardless of the names they were sold under (Mitchell, SPF, AIMCO, Stoeger, etc.). Those of you who own a one of the stainless steel Lugers, please feel free to contribute photos of this area of the frame to this machine tool mark study...
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Hi John
Happy to help. Here is a pic of my Mitchell luger frame.
Not much to see.
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On the contrary Bob... I find your photo contribution quite interesting... Thanks.

Much of the work done on the original Lugers were machined from forgings...quite of bit of machining compared to today's shortcut methods of manufactuer...

The Mitchell Luger you have so kindly illustrated compared to my editing of Postino's photo below shows how much rougher the casting (versus forging) was, and how some shortcuts were taken in manufacture...

While my eyes can't conduct a brinnell hardness test, what I see in the photo combined with my previous experiences in metallurgy tell me that the stainless steel used was considerably softer than the original guns.

The Houston Texas manufacturer of all of the stainless guns also decided (like the Swiss 06/29, and the Mauser 1970 guns) that these internal cuts shown in this photo were either too difficult or the results unnecessary to modern reproductions of the original design, so they were simplified.

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Happy to help. Here is a pic of my Mitchell luger frame.
Not much to see.
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Interior looks like a cast finish to me (not machined)...
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See the article on the Vickers Luger by Dr. S.C. Sambrook in Vol.4 No.1 of the Journal of the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association which discusses the new evidence from the Vickers Board of Directors' meeting Minute book, presently held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, ref. GB 012 MS.Vickers

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Postino and John
Yes,the frame of the Mitchell is a casting,while the cannon assembly is mostly a machined forging.
Very similar in manufacture to my very early stainless steel 45 AMT Hardballer . Although I think the AMT has harder metal,as I have noticed no deformation on the frame.It does have galling problems without the correct lubrication,however. The metal on the AMT is also more brittle as I have friends who have cracked their AMT's slides by heavy use.
I guess it is a trade off.
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Hello, I just bought this frame to make as shooter. I need help to identify this frame? I will post pics of the rear, front, markings, tooling. and frame.

I also need the top barrel and extension with complete toggle. if anyone has one hopefully a mauser top.
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It looks like Mauser's work to me. Frame doesn't have the "hump" so it's likely earlier than 1938, and most likely early 1937 since there are strawed parts.

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Thanks Marc, I was hoping it was be a mauser frame. The markings I could not find anywhere.

I just have to find a upper portion for it.

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Interesting study .... It would appear DWM center cut was done with an end mill with an upright mill while the Erfert was done with something like a key way cutter, on a horizontal mill
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Can anyone explain how Erfurt machined the blind ended square cutout shown in the very first post? The DWM circular end mill process is obvious. But for square corners like Erfurt, a square broach usually needs to go completely through the workpiece?
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Can anyone explain how Erfurt machined the blind ended square cutout shown in the very first post? The DWM circular end mill process is obvious. But for square corners like Erfurt, a square broach usually needs to go completely through the workpiece?
Likely used a key-way cutter , horizontally from the top inside;
sure what the marks look like.
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Can anyone explain how Erfurt machined the blind ended square cutout shown in the very first post?
Can you link the post? Or post a new pic with the area outlined?

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The picture is on page 1 and post #1 of this thread. It is the second picture down by the OP and it is labeled 1917 Erfurt P-08. I see no tool marks at all in the square cut out. It does have the letter U stamped in it.
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Can anyone explain how Erfurt machined the blind ended square cutout shown in the very first post? The DWM circular end mill process is obvious. But for square corners like Erfurt, a square broach usually needs to go completely through the workpiece?
The apparent square cutout is an illusion caused by the lighting. The square end of the cut actually stands proud of (above) the milled out area behind it.
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The picture is on page 1 and post #1 of this thread. It is the second picture down by the OP and it is labeled 1917 Erfurt P-08.
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The picture is on page 1 and post #1 of this thread. It is the second picture down by the OP and it is labeled 1917 Erfurt P-08. I see no tool marks at all in the square cut out. It does have the letter U stamped in it.
Tool marks are not evident in the Erfurt picture, maybe due to age/rust/or refinishing; look at the Simson picture with the same square edge cut- the tool marks are very clear.

Simson received the tooling from Erfurt for luger production.
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Fascinating history! The 1928 Luger has tool marks that demonstrate that the machining was done with a "single point planer". That is why the tool marks are linear. The 1940s Luger has tool marks that indicate the tool was rotating but I wonder if the tool may not have been a "single point" tool rather than and endmill type tool as the marks are not all concentric. It almost looks like the tool got dull and gouged into the work there.
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There are several you tube videos of single point planers in operation so you can get an idea of what they are. They were developed before vertical mills with rotating spindles like the Kearney and Trecker.
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I have the lower only and was wondering if these marks might help identify when and where it came from.
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