Ortgies pistol herky stamp serial numbers#
Ortgies pistol herky stamp serial number#
Ortgies pistol herky stamp series#

Ortgies pistol herky stamp series#

pistols were numbered along with the 7.65 in the same series or whether they were numbered in a series of their own is not known.

Ortgies pistol herky stamp serial numbers#

Because of the overlapping of serial numbers it would seem that Deutsche Werke had its own serial numbering system.

Ortgies pistol herky stamp serial number#

The lowest serial number observed on an Ortgies marked as made by Deutsche Werke is No. 1 and that they made upwards of 11,000 guns, at least. probably started their serial numbers at No. No Ortgies pistols with grips of material other than wood have been seen. The former has plain wood grips while the latter has wood grips with the HO (Heinrich Ortgies ) monogram. 195, and the highest number seen on a pistol similarly marked is No. The lowest serial number encountered in the author's laboratory for a pistol made by Ortgies and Co. or its successor, Deutsche Werke, A.G., is not known, but there were at least upwards of 250,000 and possibly more. The total number of Ortgies pistols made by either the original Ortgies and Co. caliber for the first time in about March or April of 1922. From this it seems likely that the pistol was furnished in the 9 mm. caliber, as being in production, is in the AKAH Catalog of May 1922. An Ortgies instruction booklet dated February 1922 describes the smaller-caliber pistols but does not mention the 9 mm. This was actually done later by Deutsche Werke.Дealers lists of 19 include the 6.35 and 7.65 mm. barrel, interchangeable with the 7.65, but does not infer that it was in production at that time. model, listing it as available, and it also mentions but does not describe the 6.35 model. calibers until late in the 1920's.ДЄn Ortgies manual, thought to have been issued in 1919, describes the 7.65 mm. Deutsche Werke continued the manufacture of the pistol in the 6.35 and 7.65 mm. Production of the pistol in this caliber seems to have stopped somewhere around 192527. Browning Short (.380) was brought out, but this did not enjoy the popularity attained by the smaller models. model, because soon after Deutsche Werke took over the business a pistol of this caliber was produced. caliber was the only one produced by Ortgies and Co., but apparently they had been tooling up for the 6.35 mm. but just when this purchase was made is not known. This firm purchased the rights, tools, designs, and unfinished parts from Ortgies and Co. pistol seems to have started in 1920, and because the weapons were attractive in appearance and were well made they soon attained popularity, which fact naturally attracted the notice of other manufacturers, including Deutsche Werke, A.G., of Erfurt. Some time soon after World War I, Ortgies went to Erfurt where he organized the firm Ortgies and Co. Any grip safety which does not require a substantial pressure to depress it is dangerous, and obviously more so when it automatically locks itself in this position when it is depressed-as is the case with the Ortgies. Cases are known where this has happened and accidental discharges have occurred in consequence. Secondly, in some specimens seen it is very easy to push the grip safety in accidentally, as the pressure required is very small. If one forgets this little detail he may be courting disaster. Firstly, when one pulls the slide back in the normal manner to transfer a cartridge from the magazine to the barrel chamber, the safety member is pushed in (as one grips the pistol) and it remains there unless one releases it by pushing in the release button. This safety device is certainly not one to be recommended because it is a very dangerous one. This causes the safety to spring out, and when in this pisition it must be depressed before the trigger can be pulled. To apply the safety, one must push in a little button which is located on the left side of the grip frame, below the rear end of the slide. When the grip safety is in the вЂћin' position the gun can be fired by pulling the trigger, but when it is in the вЂћout' position pulling the trigger alone, without depressing the safety, will not cause the gun to fire.

This pistol has but one safety and this is a grip safety which operates in an unconventional manner. The barrel is pivoted at the rear end and can be removed by turning it at right angles, in which position it can be slid out. To disassemble, the magazine is first removed and the slide is pulled back and then allowed to move forward slowly until it comes into a position where it can easily be lifted off. 1910, but internally it is quite different (Fig. The pistol has an outward appearance similar to the F.N. The first prototypes are thought to have been made in Belgium in 191516. The pistol was designed by Heinrich Ortgies, said to have been a German by birth but who was a resident of Liege, Belgium, until about the close of World War I. The Ortgies pistols are unique in design, although inevitably they have some features in common with other automatic pistols.