Odd 1938 Mauser Luger?

alvin · 05-18-2010, 07:22 AM

Mismatching parts' impact on gun price tag is obvious. Most of time, it's functional related. If a mismatched gun does not work well, people won't feel surprised. Surfacial finish is not that obvious from functional point of view, at least for newbie, it's not obvious -- Back a while ago, when I was new on this, it was not obvious to me, and I did not see why original finish being important from functional point of view.....

Gradually, I feel the % mentioned in BB's actually using surfacial finish to measure the overall condition of a gun. For a balanced gun, 98% is not only 98% blue left, its parts are 98% new, bore is 98%, of course all matching. A 80% gun's parts are also 80%, may have minor replaced parts (like springs, screws, etc). So on and so forth..... In this context, % is used to measure a gun's overall condition, not only a little bit surfacial Fe3O4.

Sorry, off topic again...

05-18-2010, 07:22 AM	#40
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Mismatching parts' impact on gun price tag is obvious. Most of time, it's functional related. If a mismatched gun does not work well, people won't feel surprised. Surfacial finish is not that obvious from functional point of view, at least for newbie, it's not obvious -- Back a while ago, when I was new on this, it was not obvious to me, and I did not see why original finish being important from functional point of view..... Gradually, I feel the % mentioned in BB's actually using surfacial finish to measure the overall condition of a gun. For a balanced gun, 98% is not only 98% blue left, its parts are 98% new, bore is 98%, of course all matching. A 80% gun's parts are also 80%, may have minor replaced parts (like springs, screws, etc). So on and so forth..... In this context, % is used to measure a gun's overall condition, not only a little bit surfacial Fe3O4. Sorry, off topic again...