Update : 1914 DWM Artillery luger project, now with Art. bbl.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

So the toggle has a dovetail cut? What do you plan on doing with that???

The Möller barrel has the 7.65 land dimension - 7.6 - I've never seen that before. Being 7.65 and 100mm is kind of rare too.

Kind of neat.

Yes, the Moeller bbl is kind of special.

You can see how the sight is dovetailed in the 9th picture down in the first post.

I plan to mill the "leaf" away(leaving the dovetailed part in place) and then re-contour the toggle to original outline, then re-finish.
Well, the entire piece will eventually be re- rust blued(or maybe not!).

[KABAR2]

Looks like the starts of a great project , you could also TIG the bit you leave in the dove tail and it would disappear polished out it should come out looking good rust blued....

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by KABAR2

Looks like the starts of a great project , you could also TIG the bit you leave in the dove tail and it would disappear polished out it should come out looking good rust blued....

Thanks,
good idea. I've milled away the sight and one can see the dovetail lines as expected.

If I or someone I knew could do fine tig welding, that would be an option.

[KABAR2]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Thanks,
good idea. I've milled away the sight and one can see the dovetail lines as expected.

If I or someone I knew could do fine tig welding, that would be an option.

See if there is a good machine shop in your area ask if they have a welder who does TIG , if they do ask to see samples of his work most welders who do it all the time can lay a fine tight bead explain what you want done and you should have good results .... I have a TIG welder and do passable work but I don't do enough of it to stay practiced so I wait till I have a few large projects to work on before I attempt the small stuff.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by KABAR2

See if there is a good machine shop in your area ask if they have a welder who does TIG , if they do ask to see samples of his work most welders who do it all the time can lay a fine tight bead explain what you want done and you should have good results .... I have a TIG welder and do passable work but I don't do enough of it to stay practiced so I wait till I have a few large projects to work on before I attempt the small stuff.

The key here is "good job", it is not so bad that I want to take a chance on someone making it worse, instead of better.

It will always be restored anyway, with the dovetail clearly visible from the side when dis-assembled.

I'm just going to leave it alone.

[Eugen]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

I'm just going to leave it alone.

Shucks, Don, and I wanted to follow your restoration story and accompanying pics.

Do you plan to shoot it?

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Eugen

Shucks, Don, and I wanted to follow your restoration story and accompanying pics.

Do you plan to shoot it?

Eugen,
the jury is still out on the re-finish; I was referring only to welding the lines on the toggle in the post above.

Yes, since it is mismatched I will shoot it, maybe next week- though I'm not sure why. It is "just" another art'y and I expect it to shoot just the same as my Erfurt shooter !