[mrerick]

Mike,

I really like these very late Mauser Lugers. You have a nice one there...

There are interesting things about the salt bluing on these very late Mauser related Lugers.

I have two. One that I have that is pristine sn 715g with a "42" date and Banner toggle. It is military proofed. The other is 7152g with a "42" date, "byf" toggle and military proofing.



715g has the front of the barrel blued, and the pin internal to the trigger plate (that retains the trigger lever) blued. The pin is broken off at the plate, and the end is blued.




7152g has this pin blued also. The inside of 7152g's trigger plate is not numbered (which Don an Joop have observed).

715g is so crisp, that I doubt it was redone, even though normally in the white areas are blued. It's more likely something put together at the end of, or after the war.

So, a couple of questions...

Is the front of your barrel in the white, or salt blued?

Is the pin inside the trigger plate in the white or salt blued?

Marc