The barrel is in poor condition, having almost no rifling and some slight pitting. This Ortgies Patent pistol is in very good condition externally, and has only minor marks to the original blued finish and wood grips. 25 Takedown Latch Deutsche Werke Ortgies. Deutche Werke Ortgies Patent 7.65mm Pistol (146590) Availability: In stock. 25 Smooth Walnut Grip Panels W/ Medallions Ortgies Pocket Semi Auto. 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. 25 Barrel : Alternative Views: Our Price: 79.50.
ORTGIES PISTOL REVIEW FULL
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. However, the most interesting part of the Ortgies story (in my opinion) is its production. 380 versions differ only in the easily-interchanged barrel – even the magazines are marked for both calibers. Mechanically, the Ortgies has a rather unusual grip safety mechanism that is quite different from what we expect to see today. Glock pistols are well known for their generally distinctive class characteristics and the numerous toolmarks that they create on fired cartridge cases and unfired cartridges. It was a successful competition pistol from the beginning, which resulted in a great demand. The Ortgies is a pistol whose interested aspects are often overlooked on the assumption that it is just another identical. In comparison to other German pistols of its time, such as the Dreyse 1907, Jäger, Beholla, Mauser 1914, or Sauer & Sohn 1913, the Ortgies-pistol has an elegant and compact shape.