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09-09-2012, 03:33 PM | #1 |
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Swiss Luger Accessories?
Are these authentic?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luger-5-Piec...-/310427561252 The cleaning kit and the front sight pusher look good to me, whereas the fine tune sight adjuster and pin punch are often reproduced. What about the cleaning rod?
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09-09-2012, 04:33 PM | #2 |
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I don't know Michael, but did the Swiss need the fine tune sight adjuster? Did they ever buy artillery models?
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09-09-2012, 04:41 PM | #3 |
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The seller is pretty well known for offering well made reproductions. The brass cleaning kit is undoubtedly authentic but they are relatively plentiful. The front sight pusher probably is a repro but can't say for sure. The cleaning rod is a police style and also probably a repro but in any event it isn't Swiss. As Niel noted, the Swiss didn't have LP08s and the pocket sight adjusting tool and pin punch are nearly always repros.
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09-09-2012, 06:24 PM | #4 |
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Ron, have you seen any reproductions of the Swiss front sight pusher? I paid through the nose for an authentic item sold by Kessler, and my Swiss sources claim that its likes cannot be found for love or money.
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09-09-2012, 06:39 PM | #5 |
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Yes, I have seen a bogus Swiss pusher. It had the Federal cross stamp but was made for a 9mm. Either it was the rarest Swiss tool, not many Swiss 9mms, or it was fake...I would opt for the latter.
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