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Yes Dave:
I recently picked up an S42 Luger chamber dated 1939. It is in almost pristine condition and I doubt it has ever been fired.
The blueing is around 98% and the checkering on the grips is still sharply pointed.
It is my understanding that it took 2 hours of skilled labor to correctly fit and assemble a Luger. This could be accomplished with a P38 in about 10 minutes.
Jim
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Just watched a program about redesigning Hoover (Boulder) dam and as I recall, those generators are about the third generation with more on the way. Sort of like saying my car is all original except I replaced the engine, drive train, suspension and sheet metal about three times.
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Colin, I'd like to see a photo or two of the saddles your dad made. Did he carve his own tree and were they custom made to a particular horse or a generic fit? Randy
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Pretty wide swath here. I'm having some trouble with "consumer goods," "scientific instruments," and "custom" all mixed in. I wouldn't want a Tommy gun in a muddy foxhole nor a treadle sewing machine in a barn full of chaff and dust. Maybe a .45 "grease gun" and a needle and thimble. Precision and tight tolerances and finish and decoration are seldom produced for the hell of it and no return in sight, whatever the tradition on South Audley St.
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