1899 transitional prototype

drbuster · 09-25-2015, 01:21 PM

Featured on Phoenix Investment Arms is #8, compared to #10011B in the description, purported to be an 1899 transitional long barreled "Borchardt-Luger". It has unusual one of a kind grips and many features of early pre-production lugers, such as special dicing pattern to the dished toggle knobs, narrow rear sight and squared off rear toggle link. What puzzles me are two important items, best viewed on photos 8 and 9 (#1) and photo number 23 (2), the underside view of the receiver. On early prototype guns, the "T" formed on the rear toggle link should have narrow ears to the top of the "T". The wider ears, or arms, look wide, like on production models. Furthermore, on the underside view (picture #23) the cut outs of the receiver should extend almost to the chamber itself. These cut outs are much further down, also like on production models. It would be interesting to hear thoughts from other members about these inconsistencies.

09-25-2015, 01:21 PM	#1
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	1899 transitional prototype Featured on Phoenix Investment Arms is #8, compared to #10011B in the description, purported to be an 1899 transitional long barreled "Borchardt-Luger". It has unusual one of a kind grips and many features of early pre-production lugers, such as special dicing pattern to the dished toggle knobs, narrow rear sight and squared off rear toggle link. What puzzles me are two important items, best viewed on photos 8 and 9 (#1) and photo number 23 (2), the underside view of the receiver. On early prototype guns, the "T" formed on the rear toggle link should have narrow ears to the top of the "T". The wider ears, or arms, look wide, like on production models. Furthermore, on the underside view (picture #23) the cut outs of the receiver should extend almost to the chamber itself. These cut outs are much further down, also like on production models. It would be interesting to hear thoughts from other members about these inconsistencies. Last edited by drbuster; 09-25-2015 at 06:16 PM.