Another "expensive" fake Navy

drbuster · 05-10-2009, 01:05 PM

Postino, I don't have ready available comparison photos side by side of regular and wide flanged rear toggle pins but suffice it to say, if you remove the rear toggle pin fron any non-1914 type Navy luger and get a feeling of the width of the outer flange, the wide flange is visibly and to the touch significantly wider. The hole drilled into the rear of the receiver is also rimmed wider to allow this wider flange to seat. Keep in mind that the ONLY Navy lugers with this wide flange were the 1916, 1917 and 1918 dated Navies. Earlier Navy models had the usual narrow flange. Also keep in mind that this fact is very important as the most frequently faked Navies are these models as they were easiest to convert from cheaper 1920 commercial lugers.

05-10-2009, 01:05 PM	#17
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Postino, I don't have ready available comparison photos side by side of regular and wide flanged rear toggle pins but suffice it to say, if you remove the rear toggle pin fron any non-1914 type Navy luger and get a feeling of the width of the outer flange, the wide flange is visibly and to the touch significantly wider. The hole drilled into the rear of the receiver is also rimmed wider to allow this wider flange to seat. Keep in mind that the ONLY Navy lugers with this wide flange were the 1916, 1917 and 1918 dated Navies. Earlier Navy models had the usual narrow flange. Also keep in mind that this fact is very important as the most frequently faked Navies are these models as they were easiest to convert from cheaper 1920 commercial lugers.