[Big Norm]

Using a marking pen on the outside of a 'Bore Stores' is OK. Using an old atheletic sock is good too. I used to do it myself. But then I started accumulating a lot of lugers. Now, whenever there is a boring program on TV, I grab one of my lugers and wipe a little RIG grease on it and run an oily swab down the barrel. Maybe I will strip the Luger down further and wipe some oil on the areas that are seldom cleaned. That is why I put a mylar tag on the outside. So I don't just grab, at random, the same gun over and over.


The second Luger that I ever bought was an Erfurt artillery. The dealer bought it from a little old lady who found it in her attic after fourty years stored there in its original holster. The gun had a light freckling rust all over the outside. I removed that rust and found no deep pitting but I had zero bluing on the outside. Maybe it was the humidity in the attic. Maybe it was the holster. I don't really know. I believe though that it was a combination of both.


As for leather breathing. When I was a lot younger, I used to dance a lot. My feet could tell the difference between artificial leather and real leather at the end of the evening. Man, you did not want to be around me when I took my shoes off after wearing artificial leather.

Big Norm