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lugerholsterrepair · 03-09-2016, 06:09 PM

the copper colored one (actually varnish that has aged) No...varnish aka shellack would have peeled off ages ago and been damaged by insertion. The color you see on these early mags is patina from the nickel coating.

03-09-2016, 06:09 PM	#25
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	the copper colored one (actually varnish that has aged) No...varnish aka shellack would have peeled off ages ago and been damaged by insertion. The color you see on these early mags is patina from the nickel coating. __________________ 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."