Erfurt P-08 -- "MADE IN GERMANY"???

JEDEPO · 03-14-2023, 05:40 PM

I have a 1918 Erfurt P-08. To my chagrin, one serial does not match all the others on the gun, the one on the locking bolt. Then I discovered "MADE IN GERMANY"on the underside of the barrel. I have read that MADE ON GERMANY was stamped on some guns after WWI and exported, and it may or may not affect the value, depending on who you ask. But in every case, the stamp was on the frame and NOT the barrel. Can anyone enlighten me on this subject?

gunbugs · 03-14-2023, 06:22 PM

"They"...Whoever "they" was, stamped the "germany" export stamp just about everywhere. I've got a Navy stamped on the underside of the barrel as well. I don't believe there was any regulation dictating where the gun needed to be marked post WW1. Those rules came later. Right side, left side, back, front of the frame, bottom and side of the barrel. Pick one.

Dwight Gruber · 03-14-2023, 09:08 PM

Can you post pictures? The Germany export stamp on a barrel commonly indicates that it is the barrel itself which was imported into the US, and can be a sign that that a pistol has been rebarrelled.

--Dwight

03-14-2023, 05:40 PM	#1
JEDEPO New User Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Erfurt P-08 -- "MADE IN GERMANY"??? I have a 1918 Erfurt P-08. To my chagrin, one serial does not match all the others on the gun, the one on the locking bolt. Then I discovered "MADE IN GERMANY"on the underside of the barrel. I have read that MADE ON GERMANY was stamped on some guns after WWI and exported, and it may or may not affect the value, depending on who you ask. But in every case, the stamp was on the frame and NOT the barrel. Can anyone enlighten me on this subject?

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03-14-2023, 06:22 PM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 567 Thanks: 287 Thanked 965 Times in 323 Posts	"They"...Whoever "they" was, stamped the "germany" export stamp just about everywhere. I've got a Navy stamped on the underside of the barrel as well. I don't believe there was any regulation dictating where the gun needed to be marked post WW1. Those rules came later. Right side, left side, back, front of the frame, bottom and side of the barrel. Pick one.

03-14-2023, 09:08 PM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,870 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,215 Times in 406 Posts	Can you post pictures? The Germany export stamp on a barrel commonly indicates that it is the barrel itself which was imported into the US, and can be a sign that that a pistol has been rebarrelled. --Dwight