JuergenG
NES Member
Let me start July with a .380 Ortgies. She has likely been exported to the U.S. in the 1923 timeframe and returned to Germany in 1939. There are still 5 rounds with headstamps 'Peters .380' with her.
Next week she'll move in with her .25 and .32 siblings already present.
Interesting details: Deutsche Werke, who acquired all the tools, WIP, drawings, patents from Heinrich Ortgies were allowed under the Versailles treaty to make the .32 and .380 pistols up until 1922, but kept on making them supposedly until at least the end of 1923. Swapping the .32 for a .380 barrel was all what was needed to convert the .32s to a .380 which were categorized as a military caliber and therefore Deutsche Werke had to stop making them.
The majority of Ortgies pistols were exported to the U.S., being marked 'Germany' on the underside of the frame. Deutsche Werke sold large quantities to the U.S.: In 1922 a batch of 48,000 pistols were sold to an unnamed U.S. importer at the price of U.S. $ .66 apiece (yeah right, that's 66 Cents!), a later batch of 43,000 pistols were sold at the price of U.S. $ .75.
The .32 and .380 pistols are the same size whereas the .25 is significantly smaller, just scaled down.
Enjoy!
Next week she'll move in with her .25 and .32 siblings already present.
Interesting details: Deutsche Werke, who acquired all the tools, WIP, drawings, patents from Heinrich Ortgies were allowed under the Versailles treaty to make the .32 and .380 pistols up until 1922, but kept on making them supposedly until at least the end of 1923. Swapping the .32 for a .380 barrel was all what was needed to convert the .32s to a .380 which were categorized as a military caliber and therefore Deutsche Werke had to stop making them.
The majority of Ortgies pistols were exported to the U.S., being marked 'Germany' on the underside of the frame. Deutsche Werke sold large quantities to the U.S.: In 1922 a batch of 48,000 pistols were sold to an unnamed U.S. importer at the price of U.S. $ .66 apiece (yeah right, that's 66 Cents!), a later batch of 43,000 pistols were sold at the price of U.S. $ .75.
The .32 and .380 pistols are the same size whereas the .25 is significantly smaller, just scaled down.
Enjoy!