heh, heh, I have grips just like it on one of mine!

People will give you heck about it, but hey, if you cain't be different, why live?

Ed

Tim, if you really want to get it refinished there is a place in Florida that specializes in chrome/nickel removal and has several different types of blueing options. If I recall correctly it cost me about $155 to have the stripping and premium blue done on my unit marked Erfurt and I am really happy with the result. This price is based upon you doing the take down of all the Luger parts, no big deal, just a little tedious. I did my own strawing so I just had those parts stripped and not blued. If you decide to do this give me a mail and I'll be glad to answer any of your questions about it.

Hey Herb,

How about showing us some photos of the result of the stripping and reblueing process?

Thanks,

A lot of these nickle plate jobs must be sitting in closets. Mine appeared to have been unfired since the nickle plate job, but the nickle plate didn't look new either.

Yes, stripping the nickel plating should be no problem and should cause no damage whatever to the steel. It's a reverse electrolytic process that is used by any chroming shop to remove the old plating. The gun parts could then be lightly wire-brushed and either rust blued, cold blued or hot blued. In fact, it could also be plated with black nickel. I'd say most any serious gun hobbyist could do this at home except for the plating & removal, and you can locate a chrome shop in any locality by asking around at the motorcycle shop.

This item starts out in 2002 but since it is still alive now I will add my piece. Can't disagree with anything before but didn't see any mention of do-it-yourself nickel removal. Brownell's offers a nickel removal kit for about $40, enough to strip nickel from maybe a dozen pistols. Takes from a few hours to couple days depending on how heavy the plating. Won't work at all on chrome.

Three ways I know to remove nickel, chemically, mechanically, and electronically. I hear the reverse electrolysis is the best. All methods can go too far if you dont pay attention to what you are doing. I have heard mixed reports from the Brownells product's use, hence I have not purchased it myself. I would love to hear more reports on it.