I got my faux 'carbine' barrel assembly back from the refinisher; it looks good!
Forearm is about as done as it's going to get. Everything has been assembled and function-tested, no problems.
To reiterate - The forearm mounts on the barrel and recoils over the frame. That makes it fatter than a 'real' carbine forearm, but the profile is similar. No modifications to Luger frame necessary.
Here's the finished product -
(41) Finished barrel assembly; blued, chambered for 7.65 Parabellum, notched, ramped, dovetailed, drilled & tapped. Swedish Mauser rifle rear sight, custom front. Original toggle mounted rear sight is lower than Mauser so it does not interfere with new sight picture. Swedish Mauser sight graduated to 1600 meters. It'd be like lobbing a baseball.
(42) Closeup of top & underside of forearm and installed dovetail lug, plus mounting screws. Like all Luger carbines, forearm must be removed to disassemble the pistol. The difference is that my forearms are screw-mounted instead of a tapered wedge.
(43) Closeups of Mauser sight up & down; front sight; and rear views showing hollowed-out wood.
(44) Static and cycled pic of faux assembly mounted on a 1937 Mauser Luger w/Erfurt toggle assembly. Side profile still resembles a 'real' Luger carbine but does not require any modifications to the frame for the forearm.
(45) View showing barrel & toggle train in full recoil. My finger is in no danger of being pinched. I'm 5'11" 195 lbs. If you had fat sausage fingers you might draw blood, but an average shooter won't get bitten.
That does it for my assortment of Gonzo long barrel Luger 'carbines'. Very interesting conversions and very informative to me as far as 'designing' and creating. This thread is too long and takes too long to load, so anything further will go into a new thread.
(Side view of dovetail lug added).
