bitten by the Bug again

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

I am curious to know something..in several photo's it appears the top cannon is jutting out beyond the frame just slightly...

I am puzzled by this also...With the locking bolt ['takedown lever'] in 'locked' position it should not be possible for barrel extension ['receiver'] to stick out like that...

I have recently read of a mismatch like that, but it was on a pistol with a ground down extension lug...Maybe your lug is ground??? Or maybe the locking bolt has metal removed???

I think that you paid too much, and I would be more concerned with that, than with whether it is a reproduction or original...But I am not a collector, and if I were shopping for a 'Navy', I would be happy with this repro...But only if it was offered for about 1/3 what your price was...

Edit: I combined the two pics of the C/M's to compare 'floating' with 'nested', and now that I look at the front of the frame, I wonder if perhaps the frame was shaved to remove the original serial number...