my profile |
register |
faq |
search upload photo | donate | calendar |
08-21-2021, 01:05 PM | #1 |
User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Southwest Virginia
Posts: 367
Thanks: 764
Thanked 543 Times in 194 Posts
|
My latest Erfurt - 2021 Show of Shows find
As promised, here are some quick photos of my latest Erfurt. This one turned up at the 2021 summer edition of the Show of Shows. It's an interesting and well-marked pistol. It started its life as an LP.08, had some modifications/updates in 1918, and was inventoried under the Weimar regime, then made its way to the Oppeln Schupo (S.Op.IV.178) Numbers match, but the scrubbed and renumbered Mauser magazine has a different letter suffix. There's also an interesting punch mark on the frame, to the right of the serial number, the relieved sear, and unusual roll pin in the hold-open. It also missed out on the police safeties. Anyways.... enjoy. (And as always, comments are welcomed.)
__________________
John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues." |
08-21-2021, 01:07 PM | #2 |
User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Southwest Virginia
Posts: 367
Thanks: 764
Thanked 543 Times in 194 Posts
|
Well crap!. I can't quite figure out why my photos aren't oriented properly. My apologies. (If any mods know how, I'm all ears... Bueller? Bueller?)
__________________
John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues." |
08-21-2021, 01:57 PM | #3 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Byron, Georgia
Posts: 1,695
Thanks: 792
Thanked 1,677 Times in 551 Posts
|
Bill, what is the suffix letter on the frame? I can't make it out for certain. The 1914 Erfurt LP.08 run made it into the low b suffix range.
|
08-21-2021, 02:18 PM | #4 | |
Patron
LugerForum Patron Join Date: May 2018
Location: wyoming
Posts: 277
Thanks: 711
Thanked 331 Times in 133 Posts
|
Quote:
Jim Last edited by jeb111; 08-21-2021 at 02:20 PM. Reason: needed to add something |
|
08-21-2021, 04:19 PM | #5 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3,899
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1,300 Times in 429 Posts
|
Bill,
This is an extraordinarily interesting pistol. The 1914|18 date stamp indicates that the receiver itself was manufactured in 1914, but not assembled into a completed pistol until 1918. This marking protocol is specified in the 1910 pistol marking specifications. The receiver notch indicates that this receiver was indeed intended for an LP08 (the requirement that all Erfurt receivers include the notch dates from 1916), but was for some reason put aside until 1918. In 1918 the German army issued a requirement that a Prussian Imperial Eagle be stamped on all pistols’ trigger guards (not just P08s) as an indication of army property. The applied stamp itself was one of the various Imperial rifle factory’s proof stamps. These markings are very seldom seen. In fact, as of Jan Still’s “Central Powers Pistols” in 2007, only one Erfurt P08 with such a stamp had been reported. Your pistol with the trigger guard eagle is virtually unique. The holdopen pin is a much later replacement. One might guess that it replaced an original damaged pin. It appears to be a hollow, split expansion pin pressed into plce. --Dwight |
The following 8 members says Thank You to Dwight Gruber for your post: |
08-21-2021, 05:43 PM | #6 | |
Lifer
Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Posts: 617
Thanks: 3,053
Thanked 1,057 Times in 429 Posts
|
Quote:
Congradulations Bill
__________________
Whoever said that "money can't buy you happiness" never bought a Luger. WTB - Take Down Lever & Trigger Plate (#90) for an Imperial Artillery.
|
|
The following 4 members says Thank You to spangy for your post: |
08-21-2021, 10:10 PM | #7 |
User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: TN
Posts: 428
Thanks: 446
Thanked 220 Times in 99 Posts
|
Nice, I have only seen the more common 1917/18 or 1918/17. Interesting being 1914/18.
|
08-21-2021, 11:32 PM | #8 |
Lifer
Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Chandler Arizona
Posts: 3,503
Thanks: 1,318
Thanked 3,641 Times in 1,002 Posts
|
Neat gun!
I agree, what a history this luger must have had! It has more dates on it then my kitchen calendar, all with a history...... pretty neat gun... Gotta like it... best, til...lat'r....GT...
|
The following 5 members says Thank You to G.T. for your post: |
|
|