Need good photos of dished toggles please

[Ron Wood]

For starters, you might visit the Members Gallery. The album on the Robert Musgrave 1900 American Eagle Luger has several very good photos of both sides of the Luger as well as two bottom oblique views. My album called "Swiss Family" has a top oblique view of a 1900 Swiss. About the only view that is missing is a top down view.

If you have or can get your hands on a copy of Kenyon's "Lugers at Random" you should have all the reference photos your gunsmith could want.

By cutting down a standard toggle you can get a pretty good approximation of an original dished toggle. This is what Aimco did to create the commemorative 100th anniversary Luger for the 2000 NAPCA show. A little more work could be put into the knurling on the forward edges of the toggle knobs that would make them appear even more authentic than the Aimco pieces. I don't think dishing the toggles will hurt the strength or reliability of the Luger.