American Eagles

BILL · 06-15-2002, 04:21 PM

The shiny area under the safety lever is the same on a 1902 as a 1906AE. That was all I was referring to. And to my knowledge (FWIW) there was never a word under the bluing under the safety lever either, but....since, if you feel it, you will see that it has a ridge where about 1/32 of an inch deep where the top level of steel was actually milled away. This goes back to the question of.."Was this milled just to get rid of the bluing or was there a stamped/engraved word on stock German Lugers of that time period that was milled away (leaving a shiny, bare metal outline just under the safety)?" Pure speculation on my part based on the procedure not seeming to be very cost or time effective with regards to removing some bluing. :-)

06-15-2002, 04:21 PM	#8
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The shiny area under the safety lever is the same on a 1902 as a 1906AE. That was all I was referring to. And to my knowledge (FWIW) there was never a word under the bluing under the safety lever either, but....since, if you feel it, you will see that it has a ridge where about 1/32 of an inch deep where the top level of steel was actually milled away. This goes back to the question of.."Was this milled just to get rid of the bluing or was there a stamped/engraved word on stock German Lugers of that time period that was milled away (leaving a shiny, bare metal outline just under the safety)?" Pure speculation on my part based on the procedure not seeming to be very cost or time effective with regards to removing some bluing. :-) __________________ *"Take me to your Luger!"*