
These pistols were never adopted for use officially by the German military. Lest anyone think sights were considered a mere obligatory addition, the sights on both Ortgies pistols I own shoot quite close to the sights. The sights are fixed, and rather small by today’s standards. The sights are milled from the basic block of steel that forms the slide. The Ortgies is not a perfect defense pistol by any stretch. One should focus the eye on the front sight, a skill my camera lacks at present. Also in the mix is the factors the pistols are usually easy to load, handle and fire and the recoil doesn’t intimidate many people. 32 ACP chambered pistol is still in reasonably popular use today, if for no other reason than many were bought in the past one hundred years, many were brought home from the Second World War – back when our government trusted servicemen to retain firearms as souvenirs of service – and they are all still around. The Ortgies pistol was designed and sold as a personal defense pistol.32 ACP was considered a normal defensive caliber in that time period. I haven’t seen a live example yet, so this may not be fully – or partially – correct. I understand this type of safety is being re-introduced on the new Remington “51” pistol. (That release button is also used to field strip the pistol. This button is mounted on the frame, near the rear of the slide, on the left side. The grip safety stays in the depressed condition until a ‘release’ button is pressed. Unlike the grip safety on pistols made by Colt and other manufacturers, the safety does is not spring-loaded and does not automatically extend when not manually depressed.
7.65 ORTGIES PISTOL TO A .380 FREE
When depressed – safety disengaged – the firearm is free to fire when the trigger is pulled. When extended – safety engaged – the sear is blocked mechanically by some extension of the safety. Grip safety depressed, safety disengaged.
