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Thor · 03-07-2002, 08:05 PM

I am sure some are true, but most are not! Here is another pic I got today and they guy told me it was a Vet Bring Back, I doubt very seriously if you would EVER find a 1936 Erfurt in combat with a strawed extractor and repro grips. I hate to be the bearer of bad news to these guys, but this occurs more often than it should IMO. ~Thor~

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Johnny Peppers · 03-07-2002, 08:32 PM

Is the extractor strawed, or just a light shade of rose from the hot salt blue. The pistol has obviously been highly buffed and put in the hot blue tank.

Thor · 03-07-2002, 08:35 PM

Bets me, still that would be wrong for an 1936 Mauser, but I see a lot of salt blued extractors that are rose or plum color due to the hardenss of the part I guess. Some byf ejectors are that way too. Thorston

03-07-2002, 10:42 PM

Lots of guys with bringbacks took them to their gunsmith to figure out why they had this or that problem and eventually ended up with a pretty frankenstein luger. Replacing parts was part of the work that was done--they are honest in calling it a bringback but it has been changed more than they realize by attempts to repair and pretty-up a war worn gun.

03-08-2002, 09:46 AM

Good advice Thor. We all need to be carefull, and I remind myself constantly that if 'it's too good to be true, it usually is" This is a true story:

I had a guy come up to me at a Gunshow with a Walther P38(sorry for swearing, but they are my second love!). He said he was in the "BATTLE OF THE BULDGE" and took the rig(gun, holster,2 matching clips), and "took it off" a ten year old soldier, he took prisoner. I bought the gun (15 years ago, when they were much cheeper). Upon checking his Drivers licence, his date of birth was 1936, which would have made him 9 or ten at the Battle Of The Buldge! I realize that recruitment efforts were hightened during the war, but didn't have any idea we enlisted soldiers that young! With the ready availability of fake capture papers, saddly it's going to only get worse!

Until Next Time,

Tim

03-08-2002, 04:54 PM

My father was in the Pacific on a heavy cruiser. He brought back a last ditch model 99 from the Marshall Islands. The thing is by no means an attractive gun but he had it reblued in about 1965 and wouldn't take the world for it. That seems to have been the right thing to do for his generation at the time. They all wanted theirs to be a little special. I guess its like the theater made knives made of multi color plastic washers.

Roadkill

Orv Reichert · 03-08-2002, 08:01 PM

The knives are right up there with the plexiglas grips and aluminum watch bands as a military cottage craft!

The mulitcolored plastic is usually plexiglas with colors between the rings.. Often, a file blade was the source of the blade they made....files were said to be the BEST metal at that time..

Orv Reichert

03-07-2002, 08:05 PM	#1
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Vet Bring Back Stories I am sure some are true, but most are not! Here is another pic I got today and they guy told me it was a Vet Bring Back, I doubt very seriously if you would EVER find a 1936 Erfurt in combat with a strawed extractor and repro grips. I hate to be the bearer of bad news to these guys, but this occurs more often than it should IMO. ~Thor~ http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/MVC-901S.JPG

03-07-2002, 08:32 PM	#2
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Vet Bring Back Stories Is the extractor strawed, or just a light shade of rose from the hot salt blue. The pistol has obviously been highly buffed and put in the hot blue tank.

03-07-2002, 08:35 PM	#3
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Vet Bring Back Stories Bets me, still that would be wrong for an 1936 Mauser, but I see a lot of salt blued extractors that are rose or plum color due to the hardenss of the part I guess. Some byf ejectors are that way too. Thorston

03-07-2002, 10:42 PM	#4
mlm Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Vet Bring Back Stories Lots of guys with bringbacks took them to their gunsmith to figure out why they had this or that problem and eventually ended up with a pretty frankenstein luger. Replacing parts was part of the work that was done--they are honest in calling it a bringback but it has been changed more than they realize by attempts to repair and pretty-up a war worn gun.

03-08-2002, 09:46 AM	#5
TIMOTHY CANNEY Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Vet Bring Back Stories Good advice Thor. We all need to be carefull, and I remind myself constantly that if 'it's too good to be true, it usually is" This is a true story: I had a guy come up to me at a Gunshow with a Walther P38(sorry for swearing, but they are my second love!). He said he was in the "BATTLE OF THE BULDGE" and took the rig(gun, holster,2 matching clips), and "took it off" a ten year old soldier, he took prisoner. I bought the gun (15 years ago, when they were much cheeper). Upon checking his Drivers licence, his date of birth was 1936, which would have made him 9 or ten at the Battle Of The Buldge! I realize that recruitment efforts were hightened during the war, but didn't have any idea we enlisted soldiers that young! With the ready availability of fake capture papers, saddly it's going to only get worse! Until Next Time, Tim

03-08-2002, 04:54 PM	#6
R. Grady/Roadkill Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Vet Bring Back Stories My father was in the Pacific on a heavy cruiser. He brought back a last ditch model 99 from the Marshall Islands. The thing is by no means an attractive gun but he had it reblued in about 1965 and wouldn't take the world for it. That seems to have been the right thing to do for his generation at the time. They all wanted theirs to be a little special. I guess its like the theater made knives made of multi color plastic washers. Roadkill

03-08-2002, 08:01 PM	#7
Orv Reichert RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW Washington State Posts: 339 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ah, Yes....the knives! The knives are right up there with the plexiglas grips and aluminum watch bands as a military cottage craft! The mulitcolored plastic is usually plexiglas with colors between the rings.. Often, a file blade was the source of the blade they made....files were said to be the BEST metal at that time.. Orv Reichert