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Originally Posted by John Sabato
The front tab if too thick should be polished on the underside until the takedown lever will close...
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Out of the several opinions offered, John's seems to be the most reasonable...So here goes...
I draw filed the rear of the sideplate with a fine mill file; progressively sanded it with 220/320/400 grit wet/dry sandpaper; polish with emery cloth; trial fit to Luger...Repeat as needed...Until takedown lever would rotate into locked position.
The sideplate from my other Mauser Luger fit & worked quite well, and on mic'ing the front tang it measured .097" thick. The tang on the #47 sideplate measured .099". So it was only off by ~.002".
I'll assemble it all tomorrow. I'm missing a takedown lever retaining spring and an artillery rear sight base spring (the flat one) but otherwise finished assembling an artillery shooter.