1906 AE question

[David Jackson]

Hi Gang;

I am not trying to be a smart aleck here. I happen to have a pretty nice 06 Eagle in 9MM. I will state most emphatically that the magazine is definitely stamped "Cal 9MM". I think there is one other clue as to originality of finish which I have not seen discussed on the forum although it may have been. These guns should, I believe, have a "halo" around the word "GERMANY" at the front of the frame. I believe it has to do with when the word was stamped into the gun. No halo means refinish.

A halo is a brownish or sort of haze or sort of almost oxidation around the letters of the word "Germany". Stoeger Lugers have it, other Eagles I have seen with original finish have it. I don't think it can be faked and when the guns were new it was probably not there.

If the gun you are looking at has a halo then the finish is more than likely original; if it has no halo then I don't think you can count on it being the original finish. That poor mag base has been ruined.

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