"Built-Up" Pacific Arms Carbine...

[Pete Ebbink]

Just came back from a business trip and was able to take some photos of a very interesting "built up" carbine.

I placed the photos in a photo essay in the Member's Gallery...

I think this gun started its life as a 1920's era commercial and a gunsmith in the 1950's modified it into a "carbine". It is totally refinished and placed in a modern day presentation case.

It is 7.65 mm, caliber, has what appears to be real Pacific Arms Co. brass discs inserted into the grip panels and the shoulder stock, has a very unique "peep hole" rear sight that is mounted to the rear of the frame (and not the rear toggle link), has a long octagonal barrel, etc.

I was told the "peep hole" sight was a 1920's period-correct rifle sight that this fellow dovetailed and adapted to a new base that was tapped to the rear frame...seems like a pretty stable way of mounting such a sight to the frame...

The shoulder stock is a bit shorter than an LP-08 stock, so the gun can be held closer to the shooter's eye that lines up with the "peep hole" sight.

I thought Luger Forum members might enjoy seeing this interesting gun. It is not often that one gets to see Pacific Arms Co. discs and how someone mounted a "peep hole" sight to the rear of the frame.

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />