New to the forum and looking for 1918/1920 Price Check

Dwight Gruber · 03-25-2004, 10:07 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Peat:
Could the reblue have occurred in Germany when it was re-issued?<hr /></blockquote>"Official" reworks in Germany--police and the like--are usually of the highest quality.Take the pistol apart and look at the inside of the frame and the little stirrup which hangs down from the toggle and connects to the recoil spring. If the inside surfaces and the stirrup are blued, the gun was salt blued and assuredly not done in Germany as part of a rework program.

The unit markings are a head-scratcher. Are you sure there are no remnants of numbers which were polished out? Any chance of a photograph?

--Dwight

03-25-2004, 10:07 AM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Peat: <strong>Could the reblue have occurred in Germany when it was re-issued?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">"Official" reworks in Germany--police and the like--are usually of the highest quality.Take the pistol apart and look at the inside of the frame and the little stirrup which hangs down from the toggle and connects to the recoil spring. If the inside surfaces and the stirrup are blued, the gun was salt blued and assuredly not done in Germany as part of a rework program. The unit markings are a head-scratcher. Are you sure there are no remnants of numbers which were polished out? Any chance of a photograph? --Dwight