1916 DWM, complete rig

[ithacaartist]

Very nice rig!

Rylan, One of the pics reveals the toggle axle's retaining pin is blued, not in the white. This is usually a sign of the toggle's being refinished--rust blued without dis-assembly, whereby the pin is blued along with the joined toggles. We should soon hear from someone more knowledgeable about this...not sure what it means in this case.

[RylanBrissette]

Originally Posted by drbuster

Rylan, very nice rig! Any trouble obtaining this beauty in gun-phobic Canada?

No trouble for me. You need to be grandfathered to obtain any short barreled handgun. Our laws class anything with a 4" barrel (or shorter) as being Prohibited. This leads to a lot of nice Lugers being re-barreled with something a 1/4" longer.. a damn shame really.

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Very nice rig!

Rylan, One of the pics reveals the toggle axle's retaining pin is blued, not in the white. This is usually a sign of the toggle's being refinished--rust blued without dis-assembly, whereby the pin is blued along with the joined toggles. We should soon hear from someone more knowledgeable about this...not sure what it means in this case.

Ah, yes I see what you mean. It does look that way in the picture, I just had a look at it and it doesn't appear to be 'white', but it doesn't really look like the pin has any bluing on it. I could be wrong though.

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by RylanBrissette

Ah, yes I see what you mean. It does look that way in the picture, I just had a look at it and it doesn't appear to be 'white', but it doesn't really look like the pin has any bluing on it. I could be wrong though.

Initially, I didn't check the situation in the closest shot, full res. because there didn't seem to be anything there to look at! Having just done so, I agree with you and Doug--a little darkened by grunge in its slightly recessed position, but definitely not blued. Thanks for answering/pointing this out. Although I was presumptuous/lazy for not first checking the full sized pic, it reinforces the rule of thumb that the BEST way to check out a pistol is in-hand!

[RylanBrissette]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Initially, I didn't check the situation in the closest shot, full res. because there didn't seem to be anything there to look at! Having just done so, I agree with you and Doug--a little darkened by grunge in its slightly recessed position, but definitely not blued. Thanks for answering/pointing this out. Although I was presumptuous/lazy for not first checking the full sized pic, it reinforces the rule of thumb that the BEST way to check out a pistol is in-hand!

That's the key right there, nothing beats a hands on inspection. Not to mention photos can be deceiving at times.

Thank you all for your kind comments