ViggoG,
I have 2-3 Ideal stocks/holster/grips and I have seen Jerry Peters rig and they all have a flair where the pistol enters the holster. Please examine "Luger Tips" pg 99 by Reese (excellent pictures) and "The Luger Book" page 138 by John Walter. With the exception on your pictures, I have never seen an Ideal rig without the flair. Of course there are always exceptions to every rule. (Just to cover myself. I can not afford to make two mistakes in the same decade. Hee! Hee!). Of course the first mistake regarding the Ideal rig may not have been a mistake. So I am still good for the last century (Yee Haw!).
John,
the metal plate under the grips is essential because that is what the stock hangs on. If you have a "display only" Ideal stock, then OK. But if you want to hook everything up, then the plate is essential. (See the above mention of Reeses article, pg 98. Unfortuately, no pictures of the metal plates.).
Everyone else,
The special grips have a flat backside so that they fit tight to the flat metal plates. (The flat head screws for the wood grips are quite short to accomodate the thinness of the wood grips). Also the grips could not be screwed to the handle of the later Lugers because there is no lip on the grips for the normal Luger grip screws to hold the grips onto all Lugers. This area was reamed out to commodate the original screws normally used on all Lugers but which on an Ideal rig holds only the metal plates in place.
Lookin Good Big Norm
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