Artillery fine adjustable sights tool

02-07-2001, 01:53 PM

Gentlemen,

About fifteen years ago I purchased what was

described as an original adjustmnet tool for the Artillery Luger's fine adjustable sites. The tool is made out of

bronze (possibly brass). Is this what the real tools are made out of? I have long ago traded off the rig I bought this for, but still have the tool.

Mc

Marvin · 02-07-2001, 02:38 PM

Mc,

The tools I have seen from Germany were made from a lightly heat treated steel and blued. I have never heard of a brass type.

Marvin

Johnny Peppers · 02-07-2001, 02:51 PM

Jan Still shows two different tools in IMPERIAL LUGERS, and the tool I have is the same as the tool on the right side of the photograph. It appears to be a chemically or age darkened bronze material with steel pins to fit the sight adjuster.

Frank · 02-07-2001, 04:01 PM

Johnny Peppers · 02-07-2001, 11:15 PM

Tom Heller may be able to shed some light on these tools, but reproduction blued steel tools were being sold over twenty years ago. I am only aware of the bronze tools as being originals.

Some collectors also seem to think that the tool with the T-handle (show on the left side in the photograph in Still's Imperial Luger book) is a reproduction also.

Hugh · 02-08-2001, 09:30 AM

Patrick · 02-09-2001, 03:47 PM

IÃ?Â´ve got a Mauser rear sight tool - polished, blued steel with a cross bar, stamped with the Mauser barrel. And a shorter one which I take to be Erfurt which is much smaller. Just a short barrel with the two prongs and serrated around the top.

02-07-2001, 01:53 PM	#1
Mc Guest Posts: n/a	Artillery fine adjustable sights tool Gentlemen, About fifteen years ago I purchased what was described as an original adjustmnet tool for the Artillery Luger's fine adjustable sites. The tool is made out of bronze (possibly brass). Is this what the real tools are made out of? I have long ago traded off the rig I bought this for, but still have the tool. Mc

02-07-2001, 02:38 PM	#2
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Artillery fine adjustable sights tool Mc, The tools I have seen from Germany were made from a lightly heat treated steel and blued. I have never heard of a brass type. Marvin

02-07-2001, 02:51 PM	#3
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Artillery fine adjustable sights tool Jan Still shows two different tools in IMPERIAL LUGERS, and the tool I have is the same as the tool on the right side of the photograph. It appears to be a chemically or age darkened bronze material with steel pins to fit the sight adjuster.

02-07-2001, 04:01 PM	#4
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	I have one - blued steel (EOM)

02-07-2001, 11:15 PM	#5
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I have one - blued steel Tom Heller may be able to shed some light on these tools, but reproduction blued steel tools were being sold over twenty years ago. I am only aware of the bronze tools as being originals. Some collectors also seem to think that the tool with the T-handle (show on the left side in the photograph in Still's Imperial Luger book) is a reproduction also.

02-08-2001, 09:30 AM	#6
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Re: I have a blackened bronze one (EOM

02-09-2001, 03:47 PM	#7
Patrick User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 241 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I have a blackened bronze one IÃ?Â´ve got a Mauser rear sight tool - polished, blued steel with a cross bar, stamped with the Mauser barrel. And a shorter one which I take to be Erfurt which is much smaller. Just a short barrel with the two prongs and serrated around the top.