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Post away Mark... I am sure many will be interested in seeing your newest addition...
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07-09-2004, 04:05 PM | #3 |
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I love that holster!!!
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Mark, Thanks for posting photo's of my baby! It's nice to see it and the whole rig together.
I have to say the finish and the grips are top notch!As usual. It's what you would expect from Hugh and Thor(love that straw & the Gesichert!) ...Excellent craftsmanship. Neill looks to have done a great job as well..There are some extremely talented people involved here. Have you shot it? I kinda remember you saying one mag was not feeding well? Must be complicated to figure out spring pressure? Wish I had one! Congratulations, Jerry Burney
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07-09-2004, 05:24 PM | #5 |
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Jerry the mags don't work well at all. One doesn't allow the toggle to close and the other has too much spring pressure causing the bullets to jam. Neil said he will fix them for me, I have no doubt he will. When I use a WWII mag the gun functions flawlessly. I can shoot nice tight groups at 50 feet even with the reduced barrel length. The gun is all matching except the barrel and is a G date!
I really like this gun! Here are more photos: Mark |
07-09-2004, 06:59 PM | #6 |
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I am EXTREMLY impressed. What a magnificent result from the efforts of the artisans that crafted this rig. You are to be envied and the craftsmen elevated to the highest level of respect. You rarely see that kind of workmanship anymore.
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Mark, Damn!! What a beautifull rig. Absolutely fantastic. Only in my dreams...!
Ron PS Sure is amazing what Jerry can do with peelin's off a cow! ;-)
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Cow peelin's, Now thats one I havn't heard yet. Amazin what people can do if they put some effort into it and a lot of money! Jerry Burney
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Jerry, how do you get the cow to stand still long enough to get the "peelings" ???
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John, it's like in the Army, you eat the potatoes and if your lucky you don't know how they got that way. Cow Peelins, that Ron Smith cracks me up! Jerry Burney
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07-12-2004, 07:57 PM | #11 |
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Jerry & Mark
That holster is absolutely stunning and beautiful let alone the pistol. What a great rig. Yes, you craftsman are really talented! I Stand All Amazed (I think that is a title to a religious song?)at your unique skills and gifts--HECK maybe this almost is a religious experience seeing the "fruits" of your labors! Mark you really know how to pick an outstanding team of Artisans. Congratulations on a truly unique and one of a kind rig! Lloyd in HELL I mean Las Vegas ooooh it is HOT ONE today. |
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LLoyd, Thanks for the admiration of my holster. I agree with you it was a great accomplishment brought together by Mark.
Friend of mine in Yuma said it was 110 there today, nice and cool here in the high mountains! Jerry Burney
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Mark's Baby Luger was shown in the July/August 2003 AMERICAN HANDGUNNER magazine on page 40 in an article about Neil Keller's (HUB) Baby Lugers entitled "Mini Fighting Luger". Here is a BEFORE THOR picture of it!
<a href="http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/NKBaby.jpg" target="_fullview"><img src="http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/NKBaby.jpg" width="400" alt="Click for fullsize image" /></a>
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I am curious, how is the grip shortened on these babies?
Is it performed like a "chop job" on the old hot rods (where a section is removed from the frame and then the frame is re-welded)?
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The simple answer is YES Dean... only with a little more finesse, and precision than you would use on a car frame
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Hub wrote this for the description of how it is done. First the frame is cut into two pieces and approximately one half inch is removed from the lower portion of the grip. The cutting is done in a wire EDM to assure straight clean cuts. The frame parts are then joined together and TIG welded with a copper mandrel holding the two pieces on the inside. The copper mandrel also helps control the welding heat by acting as a heat-sink. When welding the tool steel which firearms are made from, the metal has to be protected from excessive heat, or hard spots will develop showing up as the dreaded plum-color when blued.
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Thanks Thor for a great description of the finesse, and precision (even if it was Hub's)
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Thor, Thanks for the info regarding how the "chop" was performed. I guess 1/2" = one less round in the mag.
Now that I look at it, I notice the grips appear to be chopped as well! I guess that splice line is about where the chop on the frame was. I'll have to get a hold of that American Handgunner article. I don't understand the need to cut the frame with EDM. It gets welded anyway. I would think that the jigging during the weld is the more important aspect. I have another question about the barrel. The thicker portion that holds the front sight, is that sleeved on then soldered? Or is this part of the the barrel like the originals (integral)? My gut feeling teels me that it is the portion from the original barrel and some clever machining is performed to mate it to the new, shortened barrel (which itself may be made from the old barrel?)
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Dean,
I believe the barrel is chopped near the front sight. Then the front sight/barrel band sleeved over the turned down "stump" at the front of the cut down barrel and re-crowned. Mark |
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Continuing Hub says: "The barrel is cut off just behind the integral front sight boss and the cut off sight with integral boss is bored out and press fit over the shortened barrel's muzzle. The barrel work is difficult procedure as all numbers and proff marks are held in place."
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