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Dwight Gruber · 06-24-2004, 11:10 AM

This is a really gorgeous restoration. Note the sear bar spring and center toggle pin are both fire-blued, and it looks like the front sight may be as well. It looks like the interior of the frame may be properly polished. The dead giveaway is the wear mark under the thumb safety, which has been blued over.

But take a look at the sideplate, particularly the bevel angle where the vertical and horizontal machining meet. On an original sideplate the bevel line is a 45Ã?Âº angle. On this piece the vertical machining is slightly deeper, making the bevel line almost vertical.

I have examined a couple of Lugers presented to me as Gale Morgan restorations, and they both exhibited this sideplate characteristic.

--Dwight

06-24-2004, 11:10 AM	#7
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	This is a really gorgeous restoration. Note the sear bar spring and center toggle pin are both fire-blued, and it looks like the front sight may be as well. It looks like the interior of the frame may be properly polished. The dead giveaway is the wear mark under the thumb safety, which has been blued over. But take a look at the sideplate, particularly the bevel angle where the vertical and horizontal machining meet. On an original sideplate the bevel line is a 45Ã?Âº angle. On this piece the vertical machining is slightly deeper, making the bevel line almost vertical. I have examined a couple of Lugers presented to me as Gale Morgan restorations, and they both exhibited this sideplate characteristic. --Dwight