Original luger blueing

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by guns3545

Tom,

Generally speaking; both!! Rust Blued from 1900 until early-mid 1937 and salt blued thereafter. All Krieghoffs were salt blued. Some late Lugers were also parkerized (Portuguese).

But like everything else, there were possible exceptions.

John

I think the parkerized Portuguese were refinished here for use in Africa. But have no proof of it.

[guns3545]

Originally Posted by kurusu

I think the parkerized Portuguese were refinished here for use in Africa. But have no proof of it.

Mario,

You are absolutely correct. Many of the M943 pistols, as they were designated, were Parkerized by the Portuguese Army for service in Angola and Mozambique.

They left Mauser as standard issue P.08s which were salt blued.

Should have remembered this, but frankly every M943 that I have ever seen was Parkerized so fell into the trap.

Thanks for pointing this out. I have corrected my post.

John