marking on TDL's

Steinar · 02-03-2007, 10:25 AM

Without any reference books at the moment.. So I take liberty to post a picture in hope for any input on the markings

drbuster · 02-03-2007, 11:05 AM

Steinar, this is a very interesting "set" of 5 TDL's. What is especially fascinating to me is that, at first, they just look like Erfurt proofed TDL's with the Fraktur proofs, BUT Erfurt TDL's typically (at least all I have seen) have the last two digits of the serial number also stamped. Where did you get these TDL's?

Dwight Gruber · 02-03-2007, 12:17 PM

Doc,

Absent Steinar's answer, these could be parts which have been inspected but never assembled into a pistol--out of Erfurt's parts bin, for example, or armorer's spares.

--Dwight

drbuster · 02-03-2007, 02:12 PM

I had similar thoughts, Dwight.

Steinar · 02-03-2007, 03:37 PM

Sorry for my absence, always get these bad looks from my wife when spending time with Lugers in the weekends

To answer your question Herbert, I got them from an Norwegian arsenal. Along with unused and unmarked levers, both in black and straw.
Are they all Erfurt?

Dwight Gruber · 02-03-2007, 05:40 PM

Four of them are Erfurt. The second-from-left is too dark to see the mark adequately to tell.

--Dwight

02-03-2007, 10:25 AM	#1
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	marking on TDL's Without any reference books at the moment.. So I take liberty to post a picture in hope for any input on the markings __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

02-03-2007, 03:37 PM	#5
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Sorry for my absence, always get these bad looks from my wife when spending time with Lugers in the weekends To answer your question Herbert, I got them from an Norwegian arsenal. Along with unused and unmarked levers, both in black and straw. Are they all Erfurt? __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

02-03-2007, 11:05 AM	#2
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Steinar, this is a very interesting "set" of 5 TDL's. What is especially fascinating to me is that, at first, they just look like Erfurt proofed TDL's with the Fraktur proofs, BUT Erfurt TDL's typically (at least all I have seen) have the last two digits of the serial number also stamped. Where did you get these TDL's?

02-03-2007, 12:17 PM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,889 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,281 Times in 423 Posts	Doc, Absent Steinar's answer, these could be parts which have been inspected but never assembled into a pistol--out of Erfurt's parts bin, for example, or armorer's spares. --Dwight

02-03-2007, 02:12 PM	#4
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	I had similar thoughts, Dwight.

02-03-2007, 05:40 PM	#6
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,889 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,281 Times in 423 Posts	Four of them are Erfurt. The second-from-left is too dark to see the mark adequately to tell. --Dwight