- DEUTSCHE WERKE ORTGIES PISTOL 25 ACP POCKET PISTOL SERIAL
- DEUTSCHE WERKE ORTGIES PISTOL 25 ACP POCKET PISTOL FULL
The pistol requires FFL Transfer or NICS Background Check. This pistol qualifies as a Curio & Relic firearm. It is interesting to note that outlaw John Dillinger carried an Ortgies, and several hundred Ortgies pistols saw service with Finnish prison authorities through the World War II period. The Ortgies pistols were favorite personal weapons with many World War II German officers. This pistol is tight mechanically, fully functional and has an excellent bright bore.
DEUTSCHE WERKE ORTGIES PISTOL 25 ACP POCKET PISTOL SERIAL
Germany is stamped above the serial number.
DEUTSCHE WERKE ORTGIES PISTOL 25 ACP POCKET PISTOL FULL
One subject that is conspicuously absent from the web is a full take down instruction. He passed away shortly after and production was taken over by Deutsch Werke, continuing throughout the 20's. The original magazine and slide are stamped with the correct script ∽ monogram as are the brass medallions in the wood grips. These were developed by Heinrich Ortgies around 1915 or 1916 and he began manufacturing them in Germany after WWI, 1919. This excellent example retains most of the original blue finish and is clearly marked ∽eutsche Werke and Werk Erfurt on the left side of the slide and Ortgies Patent on the right side of the slide. To disengage the safety, a shooter simply would squeeze the grip, pressing the lever forward and locking it flush with the back of the frame. Thus, engaging the safety simultaneously reduced tension on the firing pin spring. The safety was a lever inset into the back of the grip and, with the gun cocked, forced backward out of the grip into the "safe" position by spring tension from the firing pin upon depression of a button under the slide. Unusual design features included the safety and the magazine. As in early Colt and Browning pocket pistols, the Ortgies striker also operated as an ejector as the slide traveled backwards after discharge. The hammerless action depended on a spring-loaded striker to fire the cartridge.
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Metal components were forged or machined, and assembly in general made no use of screws, even securing the wooden grips with metal clips. During this time this pistol was of advanced design and high quality construction with relatively few parts, well sealed against dirt. Up for bids is this DEUTSCHE WERKE, ORTGIES PATENT, 25 acp POCKET PISTOL made in ERFURT GERMANY in the post WW I era. The pistol follows the design of the original German Ortgies patent, and was crafted by Deutsche Werke between 1921-1924. This is a specimen of the Ortgies Patent Deutsche Werk Vest Pocket 6.35mm or. The pistol is chambered in 6.35mm (.25 ACP). Description: From the word Germany neatly imprinted on the lower frame just forward of the serial number, this pistol was intended for export to the United States during the boom or bust days of the 1920s.
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The grip is a checkered w Click for more info Deutsche Werke Ortgies Pistol. Offered for sale in this lot is an exceptional example of a Deutsche Werke semi-automatic, hammerless, pocket pistol. 25 caliber semi-automatic pocket pistols THE ORIGINAL 1931 6.