1906 Navy #911a- the Phoenix rises- a new iteration
 

The saga of frame I.T.D. 1460 continues.

Use of the upper from the original thread below left it "topless".
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=34545

1906 Navy barrels are of the long shank pattern and normally used with the early "long" receiver to match up with the long frame. These being tough to find, I elected to use a short receiver and a breeching washer to allow use of the barrel.

A Kreighoff commercial proofed(second quality star) receiver became available so I bought it. Finish was nice and it looked good with the dark re-finished original barrel. Only problem was the receiver was twisted and bent-not enough to see- but enough to keep it from sliding onto the frame! Likely done by some ham fisted amateur removing the barrel.

A problem- after consulting with our repair-man par excellance, Gerald Tomek, GT for short; he agreed to try to straighten it out.

Some weeks later it was done. I reassembled the pistol last night and test fired it this am with complete success!

Just an aside, one 32 rnd. set was fired from a repro drum, also with no problem; and will be a subject of another post in the future.

Here are pictures of the newest addition to my "stable" of shooter Lugers.

Don, SWEET! Yes..GT IS the man. A very nice resurrection of an old Sailor..Thanks for the update and the show!