Blueing question
 

When Lugers started to be salt blued in 37 was the muzzle and inside frame sections also blued or left in the white like the rust blued versions?
Jim

Hi,

My salt blued byf 41 is blued in its entirety.


Sieger

Yes, salt blued Lugers are blued virtually throughout. Instead of the multi-step process of repeatedly wiping the surfaces with chemicals, rusting, boiling, and carding--as one would do for rust bluing--the components are suspended in a tank of hot chemicals and removed after sufficient color has been built up. Plugging the barrels keep the solution out of the bore and chamber.