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lugerholsterrepair · 07-30-2012, 04:53 PM

Dwight..Never is an absolute and it is never a good idea to use never!

A 1916 came to me badly rusted..A Police conversion with the matching # holster & tool. An all matching Luger pistol. After I hammered it apart with a wooden sledge..I took it completely down, soaked it in oil and soft wire brushed it back to white metal. It was never buffed but rust blued by Charles Danner. It is now a presentable fully functioning Luger..brought back from the dead IMO. Yes..it is reblued and has pitting..but what other choice was there to retrieve this pistol from the rusty clutches of destruction?
I put way more money into it than I should have but IMO I preserved a piece of history as well as can be done under the circumstances.

07-30-2012, 04:53 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Dwight..Never is an absolute and it is never a good idea to use never! A 1916 came to me badly rusted..A Police conversion with the matching # holster & tool. An all matching Luger pistol. After I hammered it apart with a wooden sledge..I took it completely down, soaked it in oil and soft wire brushed it back to white metal. It was never buffed but rust blued by Charles Danner. It is now a presentable fully functioning Luger..brought back from the dead IMO. Yes..it is reblued and has pitting..but what other choice was there to retrieve this pistol from the rusty clutches of destruction? I put way more money into it than I should have but IMO I preserved a piece of history as well as can be done under the circumstances. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."