Re: DAVID JACKSON-Blued Muzzles
Hi Ted and Marvin! Thanks for your email Ted; and your posts Ted and Marvin. The gun which brought all this on is a 1939 Mauser marked "42" on the toggle (code, not date). I believe this piece to be unfired. (Actually, from various articles I have seen that is not completely implausible; unfired late guns are not found every day but do turn up). The muzzle end is definitely blue. I would also say some effort has been made to polish it as well (before the blueing was done). There is no roughness on the muzzle end crown; it is possible the barrel is more smoothly polished on the sides, but if so, not much. In simple words, the end of this barrel is polished then blued, in my opinion.
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