Factory Boosting ?

Big Norm · 04-07-2007, 01:11 AM

Tim,
what about the take-down lever. Your original pictures shows a nice flat surface with no number on the front (which is proper). The number should be on the bottom but non of your pictures show that serial number. This part is an interesting part because it is so easily broken by an amateur who doesn't know what he is doing. Also, if the locking bolt spring isn't there for some reason, its a part that can easily fall out on any Luger. Then anything can happen to it. Check to see if that number looks right. I agree with Tom about the side plate. The 1920 date on the chamber also looks funny to me. If memory serves me right on the double dates that I remember seeing, they are usually pretty nicely done. But I am not into double dates so don't hold my feet to the fire on that. I don't think that the "9" on your side plate is an upside down "5", but your part has definately been renumbered. There is no way of knowing who did it. Some people who have children will remove the side plate under their mistaken belief that this will make the gun unshootable and therefore safe around children. Then they lose the side plate. Hey, its a ninety year old gun and its probably passed through a lot of hands.
Big Norm

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04-07-2007, 01:11 AM	#13
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Tim, what about the take-down lever. Your original pictures shows a nice flat surface with no number on the front (which is proper). The number should be on the bottom but non of your pictures show that serial number. This part is an interesting part because it is so easily broken by an amateur who doesn't know what he is doing. Also, if the locking bolt spring isn't there for some reason, its a part that can easily fall out on any Luger. Then anything can happen to it. Check to see if that number looks right. I agree with Tom about the side plate. The 1920 date on the chamber also looks funny to me. If memory serves me right on the double dates that I remember seeing, they are usually pretty nicely done. But I am not into double dates so don't hold my feet to the fire on that. I don't think that the "9" on your side plate is an upside down "5", but your part has definately been renumbered. There is no way of knowing who did it. Some people who have children will remove the side plate under their mistaken belief that this will make the gun unshootable and therefore safe around children. Then they lose the side plate. Hey, its a ninety year old gun and its probably passed through a lot of hands. Big Norm