Thanks Fritz's for your reply.
John - I'm indebted for your comments towards mauser's & krieghoff's, indeed, early on in my membership, you offered me these thoughts...
''In 1937, Mauser began using hot salt blue for the entire pistol instead of strawing some of the smaller parts and using rust bluing, but the precision was superb in the mechanical parts... So if you want the best (short of a krieghoff) the late Mauser pistols are the best in my not so humble opinion... Pre 1937, if you want the traditional rust and straw finish, post 1937 if you want the darker salt blue finish...
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regards, -JS''
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This S now sit proudly amongst it's early strawed '37 S/42 & '41 byf brethren.
The questions is - where do I go from here...?
Choices, choices, too many choices... & not enough money.
Brendan