American Eagle Luger

[ithacaartist]

Thanks Rick, I checked them out, and the last several pages were comparisons of a stainless 1900 to a "real" one. It is a CFM, same as mine, which is a P.08.

It's interesting to see the differences in how these were put together. For example, comparing the stainless side plate to the original, on the back side, one can see where the tempered, offset little bar that holds in the trigger lever was replaced with a roll pin, on which the lever pivots rather loosely (on mine). The dished toggles are regular stainless P.08 toggles, dished for effect. I'm also a little disappointed that the knurling around the circumferences of the knob is absent on the stainless ones. Though other stainless variations are different, mine, like the 1900, has a straight body extractor--without the lobes. These differences can be reasonably explained by the difference they'd make for the bottom line when building these things.

They remind me of a cheap S.O.B. for whom I used to do T&M contract work, constructing some of the audio-kinetic sculptures designed by George Rhoads. Since he paid by the hour, "That isn't necessary." was his most repeated line. Every lick with a file was his nemesis.