Deutsche Werke Ortgies Serial Numbers
The Ortgies is a pistol whose interested aspects are often overlooked on the assumption that it is just another identical.32 ACP blowback pistol. Well, it is that – but it is also more. Mechanically, the Ortgies has a rather unusual grip safety mechanism that is quite different from what we expect to see today. It is also interesting in that the.32 and.380 versions differ only in the easily-interchanged barrel – even the magazines are marked for both calibers. However, the most interesting part of the Ortgies story (in my opinion) is its production. In less than 5 full years (1919-1923), close to a half million of these guns were made, primarily by an industrial subsidiary of the German government. The guns were in large part a work program, creating export goods which could bring desperately needed hard currency into Germany to counteract the economic devastation of the Versailles treaty.
Feb 27, 2011 - Ortgies.32. There is no serial number base for these well made but ill designed firearms. Ortgies (Deutsche Werke) Gun Digest.doc.
Have a look at the video and you may come away with a newfound appreciation for the humble Ortgies, like I did! Examples in this video.
“design of the H&K P7” In terms of placement P7 solution – element to squeeze in front – is similar to earlier German automatic pistol – Schwarzlose Model 1908: “Did the Germans have a thing for grip operated safeties?” Marinepistole Luger 04 has grip safety, but it was abandoned in Pistole 08, so they probably consider that as not necessary in military automatic pistol. On the other hand, on the other hand Swiss Luger in all iterations (1900, 1900/06, 1906/29) retained grip safety. In case of personal automatic pistol made in Germany I have no simple answer – some models of pistol have grip safety, other don’t have.
Jim, Not trying to stir the pot but,,,,What has left you with the opinion that the Ortgies are 'ill' designed? Cara install realtek hd audio manager windows 7. I restored a.32 a couple years ago and was impressed with the simplicity of the design vs.other automatics of the same period such as the 1903 Colt. Kartinki abonent umer. If the design flaw is that it feeds without jamming and hits where you point it then I will agree with you.
No complaints with this one save I havn`t been able to find a pair of original grips for it with the Ortgie medallions.I had to settle for a repro pair in black plastic. Should anyone have a line on an original pair I would be interested. Good Shooting Joe. Well, one thing is that they break firing pins with some regularity, even when not dry fired.
Another is that the firing pin has two 'feet' but only one engages the sear and if it breaks the gun can fire without human intervention; it has happened. Another is that the disconnector system is weak and prone to wear. And then there is the tricky way the gun has to be reassembled, with the firing pin guide inserted in the groove in the slide.