Yeah there've been a few chuckles about a DWM toggle in a 1938 receiver! But it's worked fine for at least 30 years and maybe over twice that so nothing to be ashamed of. Now of course it looks much better with the DWM receiver but doesn't shoot any better.
I feel better about it though because the main groups are all DWM from 1913-1918 now. And of course there's not as much friction with the wider receiver prongs.
Some excellent thoughts there Dave! I bet all our old guns have stories to tell. I certainly wonder how (and why and by whom) those mismatched parts came together to to form my shooter.
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Originally posted by DaveinTN
... We're only temporary "caretakers" of these pieces of history as they travel through time. Sometimes I wonder about the questions some owner of my Lugers might have as they examine them 100 years from now...
Dave in TN
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That's quite profound, we have pistols that are about 100 years old and hopefully they will survive at least another 100 years. It would be great to pass something in writing about our Lugers to future generations.
My son-in-law and I were just talking about if we're still alive we must make it a point to get together in 2013 and shoot this Luger when the receiver is 100 years old. And my two year old grandson (his son of course) will be eight then and old enough to fire it, too! Then the next year we'd have to do it again on the 100th "anniversay" of the Great War.
I told my SIL I'd give the Luger to him in my will if he passes it on to my grandson. Hopefully it will still be legal to own a firearm then.