American Eagle (Test Luger) Out-of Range

Ron Wood · 08-16-2004, 11:33 PM

Pete,
42-24, chalk it up to typing dyslexia (or advancing years). Sorry about the transposition. I have got to be more careful!

Gerben,
The lug is actually dovetailed into the rear gripstrap and then further secured with a stud. I had the opportunity to examine the carbine and dismantle it. It appeared to me that the round stud in the lug was a pin, but without an x-ray examination of the cross-section I cannot say for certain that it is a peened rivet or a blind screw. You could very well be right that it is a screw that has been faced off after securing the lug.

08-16-2004, 11:33 PM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	Pete, 42-24, chalk it up to typing dyslexia (or advancing years). Sorry about the transposition. I have got to be more careful! Gerben, The lug is actually dovetailed into the rear gripstrap and then further secured with a stud. I had the opportunity to examine the carbine and dismantle it. It appeared to me that the round stud in the lug was a pin, but without an x-ray examination of the cross-section I cannot say for certain that it is a peened rivet or a blind screw. You could very well be right that it is a screw that has been faced off after securing the lug. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction