A Vickers, and a question of propriety

Dwight Gruber · 04-11-2003, 03:03 AM

Stu,

I got the toggle train on a "Vickers" which I picked up with more enthusiasm than knowledge, turned out to be a KOL frame and unidentifiable barrel/receiver. I learned a lot about Dutch Lugers on account of it.

Gerben,

Thanks very much for the information, a fascinating addition to the Dutch Luger story. I appreciate your opinion that the DWM toggle train is more appropriate to this Luger (the more I look at it the more I think the toggle has been completely renumbered).

I have about come to the happy conclusion that in this case I can eat my cake and have it too, mount the Vickers toggle as a complete (though mismatched) Vickers, and keep the DWM toggle with it to represent its authentic history.

Kind of makes an orphan of the KOL frame, though...

--Dwight

04-11-2003, 03:03 AM	#4
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Stu, I got the toggle train on a "Vickers" which I picked up with more enthusiasm than knowledge, turned out to be a KOL frame and unidentifiable barrel/receiver. I learned a lot about Dutch Lugers on account of it. Gerben, Thanks very much for the information, a fascinating addition to the Dutch Luger story. I appreciate your opinion that the DWM toggle train is more appropriate to this Luger (the more I look at it the more I think the toggle has been completely renumbered). I have about come to the happy conclusion that in this case I can eat my cake and have it too, mount the Vickers toggle as a complete (though mismatched) Vickers, and keep the DWM toggle with it to represent its authentic history. Kind of makes an orphan of the KOL frame, though... --Dwight