S code Krieghoff Luger

Michael Zeleny · 09-30-2014, 08:31 PM

S code Krieghoff Luger serial number 3617, with capture certificate. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated.

https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/1...82292302302385

Norme · 09-30-2014, 08:54 PM

Hi Michael, Thanks for the exhaustive photo display of your beautiful S code HK, I've finally met someone who takes more photos than I do! A couple of questions, I note that you show two firing pins in photo #53, one seems to be HK, the other appears unmarked? The gun appears to have been fired very little, if at all, I assume the bore is mint?
Your photos show two Krieghoff idiosyncrasies that are rarely discussed, the absence of witness marks and their practice of bluing the front 20% of the receiver rails only, leaving the balance "in the white".
Regards, Norm

Michael Zeleny · 09-30-2014, 09:00 PM

The gun came to me without a holdopen, fitted with an unnumbered replacement firing pin. I bought and flipped a couple of refinished Lugers to add an HK-proofed holdopen and complement the kit with an HK-proofed firing pin. The bore has no discernible wear.

JimD · 09-30-2014, 09:03 PM

Wow. Really nice. Thanks for sharing.

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Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 139 Times in 76 Posts	S code Krieghoff Luger S code Krieghoff Luger serial number 3617, with capture certificate. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated. https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/1...82292302302385 __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

09-30-2014, 09:00 PM	#3
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 139 Times in 76 Posts	The gun came to me without a holdopen, fitted with an unnumbered replacement firing pin. I bought and flipped a couple of refinished Lugers to add an HK-proofed holdopen and complement the kit with an HK-proofed firing pin. The bore has no discernible wear. __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

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JimD User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Wow. Really nice. Thanks for sharing. __________________ "Dyin' aint much of a livin', boy".

09-30-2014, 08:54 PM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Michael, Thanks for the exhaustive photo display of your beautiful S code HK, I've finally met someone who takes more photos than I do! A couple of questions, I note that you show two firing pins in photo #53, one seems to be HK, the other appears unmarked? The gun appears to have been fired very little, if at all, I assume the bore is mint? Your photos show two Krieghoff idiosyncrasies that are rarely discussed, the absence of witness marks and their practice of bluing the front 20% of the receiver rails only, leaving the balance "in the white". Regards, Norm