[Edward Tinker]

I have talked about bluing and percent also, it is kind of an art... I plan on "eventually" taking a bunch of pictures of Lugers and having them judged by other collectors and posting a file on the forum that shows a percent of bluing from nil to 99%.

However, there are examples in one of the gun price books, the Blue Book and it shows many examples of diff guns.

When you hear 95%, expect to see wear on the tip of the barrel, on the trigger guard, sideplate, essentially where ever that the holster would rub, obviously the next couple of percent points would be less wear. This is where cold blue comes in by bad guys to touch up those areas and make the gun better.

How many new in the box guns are 99 or 100%? Few if any, they should look brand new.

So an 80 % would be fairly worn, with bluing missing along the barrel and such.

If ANYONE wants to send me pictures of their guns and rate them, If I get 20 - 30 guns in different shapes, I could compile a picture show of guns and show percent of bluing? Eventually, I want to take a ton of pictures and do the same thing on a better scale of good lighted pictures.