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Unread 06-20-2022, 05:46 PM   #1
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Default Toggle Wear~

One can tell how much use a luger been fired by toggle wear as long as not reblued~The top is the 1900 Test Luger with the least use`along with the 1900 Luger Carbine Below~
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I noticed on the #86 pistol that the marks are not even, one side heavier wear. Would this suggest actual toggle wear? Out of alignment?
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Only thing I can think of is that the ejector is on the right side of the gun and provides just enough resistance to make toggle slap wear a little uneven? His carbine (31) also has just a little slap wear on the left and virtually none on the right. I’ll go check my Lugers here soon to see if they display any similar patterns.
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So my Lugers show no discernible pattern on this, though it is something I seem to have informally noticed as I have been handling more Lugers that the left side seems to get more slap.

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1. 1920 commercial. Whoever had it before I did shot the crap out of it. Left side has more slap wear.

2. My Brazilian Contract . Seems to have been shot little, can see a slight bit more toggle slap on the left than the right has developed.

3. GT built P.08 shooter. I have shot the ever loving crap of this particular gun (and manually manipulated it a ton too, this is the gun I used to truly familiarize myself intimately with the Luger). The pics never captured it as I tried, but in hand the toggle slap wear is dead even.

4. GT built Navy shooter. I have not shot this one, but also interested to see that the toggle slap wear so far is also dead even.

5. Refinished Erfurt LP.08. I have shot this a decent amount, and it’s slap wear-at least on the refinish-is biased to the RIGHT side almost completely…

6. Bonus, an RMI potmetal toy Luger with the working action. The wear doesnt match any of the other Luger patterns though.
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Thank You, like my the other ten each show some wear simular to your prettys. One exception is my 1902 Fat Barrel. I will borrow my daughters' camera and take a picture~ For now~There is no evidence of ever been fired~ no marks!
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Difference Of An Original And Reblue~
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