635mm ?

a-bolt

November 18, 2002 17:32

I resently aquired a small german simi-auto about 1912 ventage. On the bolt is cal.635 mm. on the left side of the slide it says deutsche werke then a circle around a small L and a large S then werk-F.R.FURT.Can anyone tell me anything about this pice. Is 635mm the samething as 25cal ?? Thanks for any help

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  lrarmsx

  November 18, 2002 18:20

  6.35mm is the same as .25acp caliber, Metric versus Caliber

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  chunkstyle

  November 18, 2002 18:47

  What you have there is likely one of the numerous Baby Browning knock-offs, in .25ACP. What makes you think it is from 1912?

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  Der Gebirgsjager

  November 18, 2002 20:16

  I believe that you have an Ortgies pistol, manufactured by Deutsche Werke. Production on these began in 1922. If you re-examine the pistol you'll probably find that F.R.FURT is actually ERFURT, the city where the pistol was made.

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  a-bolt

  November 19, 2002 11:28

  You are correct it is erfurt in better light. Also correct the right side of slide says ortgies patent. Thanks for the info. I was mainly concerned with the propper amo for the gun.Thanks again V.

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