1902 Carbine in 9 mm...

[Pete Ebbink]

A few "newbie" questions about this 9 mm 1902 carbine :

1. The toggle lock appears to be blued or fire-blued. Should this not, typically, be strawed ?

2. The tangent sights have the same blue color on the anterior suface of the sight as well as in the numbers. Is this correct ? Or should they have the white & blued appearance of Artillery rear sights ?

3. Info. I received about the 7.65 carbine is that it not only needed a special cartridge that held a bit more black powder, but the accelerator spring in the forestock was needed to help complete the recoil cycle. The 9 mm carbine apparentely did not need a special cartirdge or the accelerator spring...as the round was powerful enough...

Would like to hear from others about whether a 9 mm carbine should have the auxillary spring...

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />