Deutsche Werke Ortgies S Full Auto As

If when buying an Ortgies, get a flashlight and take a peek up the magwell and look the inside of both grip panels for repairs.

I am new to the forum and just recently acquired an Ortgies Patent Deutsche Werke Erfurt 7.65mm (32 acp) Pistol from my grandfather.

It is in pretty good condition from what I can tell..

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The Ortgies (ORT-geese) is named for its inventor, Heinrich Ortgies, and was manufactured at Deutsche Werft, primarily one of many shipbuilders in Kiel, Germany.

The early pistols had Heinrich Ortgies initials in the emblems in the grip panels, an H in an O, tilted.

Later examples have a script DW in the emblems.

The Orgies pistol is well-known for three characteristics: 1) It has no screws, not one.

Deutsche Werke Ortgies S Full Auto As

Both the.32 and the.25 are noted for snapping the right lug off the striker, which results in the pistol dumping the mag full auto as soon as the slide is cycled.

Ask me how I know this.) Lesson learned: DO NOT dry fire an Ortgies without a snap cap or fired cartridge, and EVEN THEN, be prepared for the pistol to burp the mag empty when you rack the slide after inserting a full mag.

And no, the strikers are NOT the same for the.32 and.25.

The.25 striker is a baby brother to that used in the.32.

The grip panels on both the.32 and the.25 are held in place by a bevel machined into the wood on the front edge, and a rotating steel clip riveted to the inside of the wood grip panel accessible from the magazine well by a screwdriver.

You MUST rotate the spring clip away from the frame and GENTLY push out on the panel lest you chip off the bevel on the front edge of the grip panel.

Upshot: I had heard much about the Ortgies pistols from collectors of small pocket autos, how cool they are, how well-made, how unique because of no screws, and how some were imported to the US before WWII and had English rollmarks, and some were bringbacks that had German rollmarkings.

So I wanted to join the club.

Both.32s that I ended up with had good strikers when I bought them, yet both strikers lost their right side lugs and went FA on me.

I spent way more than I should have for new strikers at Numrich and Popperts, got the guns functioning, and promptly sold all three.

If youre only interested in collecting and not shooting, no problem.

But IMO if you plan to shoot and Ortgies, exercise care and DO expect it to sooner or later go FA on yo azz.

I once had two Ortgies in.32 and one in.25.

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