No blue pin on wood-bottom mag

Big Norm · 06-25-2003, 02:31 AM

John,
I love Sherlock Holmes too. Columbos right up there too. I even like all the reruns by both of these people. I have seen a couple of your forensic posts and you seem to be getting better each time. Keep it up. Maybe you have a calling here.

I truely understand and appreciate Wes and his Luger purism. An original Luger is preferred to a restored Luger. Hands down. But I do believe that there is a place in our collecting for the restoration artist. The artist who makes an ugly duckling look "new in box" without alterations or misrepresentation of the gun or its parts. I do NOT believe that there is any place here or anywhere for hackers, counterfeiters and others who misrepresent our prized topic. But I don't believe that recheckering original grips or restaining them is wrong. I don't think that putting an original unaltered bottom unto an appropriate, original, unaltered tube is wrong either. But I don't think that putting that pin in and stamping a head on it without bending the tube is as easy as it looks.
Big Norm

06-25-2003, 02:31 AM	#23
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	John, I love Sherlock Holmes too. Columbos right up there too. I even like all the reruns by both of these people. I have seen a couple of your forensic posts and you seem to be getting better each time. Keep it up. Maybe you have a calling here. I truely understand and appreciate Wes and his Luger purism. An original Luger is preferred to a restored Luger. Hands down. But I do believe that there is a place in our collecting for the restoration artist. The artist who makes an ugly duckling look "new in box" without alterations or misrepresentation of the gun or its parts. I do NOT believe that there is any place here or anywhere for hackers, counterfeiters and others who misrepresent our prized topic. But I don't believe that recheckering original grips or restaining them is wrong. I don't think that putting an original unaltered bottom unto an appropriate, original, unaltered tube is wrong either. But I don't think that putting that pin in and stamping a head on it without bending the tube is as easy as it looks. Big Norm