Really nice broomhandle

[Olle]

Originally Posted by alvin

For exporting, exporter also wanted to sell a good price. Compare with those prewar C96, wartime production's milling and fitting quality was relatively low. To sell a better price, enhancing surplus pistols a little bit for exporting was very natural.

So when you say "surplus", you're talking about brand new guns that were never issued to the military? Or did the actually refinish and enhance used guns for export?

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Olle

So when you say "surplus", you're talking about brand new guns that were never issued to the military? Or did the actually refinish and enhance used guns for export?

On old dealer catalog, there was a category described as "reconditioned". It's unclear its state before exporting. For this shape, it's at most lightly used even it had been issued in the war.