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lugerholsterrepair · 03-14-2010, 06:21 PM

Norm, Compare your grip recesses with the 1918 offered by Simpson's. Yours are tight..the way they should be.

Safety levers do discolor but Simpson't isn't discolored. It's been blued. Something has happened to the left grip area of this pistol.... I don't care what anyone says or how they might explain it away. It's not right and certainly not what a serious collector would miss on an Artillery priced like this one is.Your photo is living proof of that.

One other thing I might add..Your pistol shows a beautiful color on the beech grips. What one would expect. Simpson's by comparison is washed out and almost grey ...they do not look at all like beech.

Granted I'm just dumb Mountain folk but these flaws are not what I will be lusting after when I buy my next $3000 Artillery pistol.

Jerry Burney

03-14-2010, 06:21 PM	#14
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,850 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,426 Posts	Norm, Compare your grip recesses with the 1918 offered by Simpson's. Yours are tight..the way they should be. Safety levers do discolor but Simpson't isn't discolored. It's been blued. Something has happened to the left grip area of this pistol.... I don't care what anyone says or how they might explain it away. It's not right and certainly not what a serious collector would miss on an Artillery priced like this one is.Your photo is living proof of that. One other thing I might add..Your pistol shows a beautiful color on the beech grips. What one would expect. Simpson's by comparison is washed out and almost grey ...they do not look at all like beech. Granted I'm just dumb Mountain folk but these flaws are not what I will be lusting after when I buy my next $3000 Artillery pistol. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."