View Single Post
Unread 07-20-2015, 03:10 PM   #1
Sergio Natali
User
 
Sergio Natali's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy
Posts: 2,646
Thanks: 1,087
Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepherder View Post
No. All Lugers with the hold-open will have the pin hole, but the factory assembled/finished Lugers are so well done that you really have to tilt the frame this way and that under a strong light to make it out...It helps if you take it apart and eyeball where the pin goes through and then look under a magnifying glass to see it.

There is no other way to drill the hole; the opposite frame rail is in the way of drilling a blind hole.



As commented above, they all should have the Erfurt mark if they were retro-fitted...

Here's a good example of a pin hole in hiding...The top pic is taken straight-on; the bottom pic is with the frame tipped up...Both the same frame, but the hole only shows up if you know where it is...

I'm starting to remember all this now...
Not to harp on the same string BUT herebelow I enclose some pictures of a nice 1911 DWM reworked (I assume by Mauser though) with the pin quite visible.

All the best


Sergio
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	timthumb.jpg
Views:	79
Size:	74.4 KB
ID:	50445  

Click image for larger version

Name:	698_pagine_1415469874_DSCN3893.jpg
Views:	76
Size:	76.9 KB
ID:	50446  

Click image for larger version

Name:	698_pagine_1415469874_DSCN3895.JPG
Views:	71
Size:	91.9 KB
ID:	50447  

Click image for larger version

Name:	698_pagine_1415469874_DSCN3896.jpg
Views:	62
Size:	62.0 KB
ID:	50448  

__________________
"Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.
Sergio Natali is offline   Reply With Quote
The following 2 members says Thank You to Sergio Natali for your post: