The relief notch for the original rear sight leaf clearance is on the frame, which means that this would started out as an artillery. Strictly speaking, I'd call it an Artillery with two major issues. I agree with Doug about the rear toggle link. Way too bad about the barrel... But it is reminiscent of commercial Lugers Stoeger might have re-barreled in the 20s? Aside from the aesthetics and finer points of the approach used on the former rear sight, an 8" Luger with standard sights looks just fine to me. And it would have a sight radius of about a foot. It should be a gas to shoot!
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