Restoration 1939/42 Luger

SAKIJOE · 03-05-2007, 04:42 PM

HI I JUST BOUGHT A LL MATCHING 1939 / 42 LUGER IT IS ALL MATCHING EXCEPT FOR THE MAGAZINE. NOW THE BAD NEWS. IT WAS REBLUED.. I NEED TO FIND A WAFFENMEISTER TO RESTORE IT. DOES ANY ONE KNOW OF A GUNSMITH WHO SPECIALIZES IN LUGERS.REGARDS
ROBERT HICKEY

SAKIJOE · 03-05-2007, 04:44 PM

HI HERE ONE MORE PICTURE,
BOB

policeluger · 03-05-2007, 04:49 PM

Its hard for me to tell from the pictures, but if no additional buffing is warranted, if it is just a matter of additional time in the hot tanks to get rid of the purple color, try hot bluing until color is reached....no harm in trying

SAKIJOE · 03-05-2007, 05:39 PM

HI THE PISTOL WAS BLUED AND HALF OF IT HAS THE PURPLE COLOR IN IT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT RESTORED.
BOB

policeluger · 03-05-2007, 07:04 PM

Additional photos would help, perhaps no additional buffing would be required just degrease and hot blue, I am months behind and recovering from Right hand surgery, but I believe I could bail you out of this duel tone Luger.

Dwight Gruber · 03-05-2007, 09:13 PM

Bob,

Do you know for a fact that this gun was reblued? The plum color is an effect which authentically shows up occasionally on salt-blued Mauser Lugers blued in a bath which is the wrong temperature or chemical composition.

It would be a shame to remove the original finish due to a misunderstanding.

--Dwight

SAKIJOE · 03-05-2007, 09:43 PM

I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS FINISH ON THIS PISTOL IS CORRECT OR REBLUED. IF IT IS CORRECT I WILL LEAVE IT AS IS. I NEED MORE HELP FROM LUGER COLLECTORS. IWIIL TRY TO SEND MORE PICTURES FOR YOU.
THANK YOU
BOB

Lugerdoc · 03-06-2007, 10:40 AM

Bob, I agree with Dwight that what I see in your photos appears to be an original, overheated salt blue of the period. TH

policeluger · 03-06-2007, 11:00 AM

Lugerdoc....I believe it was under heated....

SAKIJOE · 03-06-2007, 11:01 AM

I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MORE PICTURES. BUT IT SEEMS I CAN ONLY SEND ONE AT A TIME???
BOB

SAKIJOE · 03-06-2007, 11:04 AM

I HAVE A FEW LUGERS IN MY COLLECTION. AND I KNOW ALITTLE ABOUT THEM THEM. AND I SURE DO NOT WANT TO RESTORE THIS LUGER IF IT IS CORRECT. I HOPE SOME OF THE MEMBERS ON THIS FORUM CAN TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO.
REGARDS
BOB

Lyn Islaub · 03-06-2007, 10:33 PM

I have an original 1939 Code 42 with a purple receiver and would agree with Dwight that yours could very likely be the original finish. Post some pictures of the left side with the side plate installed so that we can get a better look at whether or not it appears that the edges are rounded off from polishing like many post war re-blues.
Lyn

SAKIJOE · 03-06-2007, 10:58 PM

HI LYN,
DOES YOUR 1039/42 LUGER HAVE A SHINE TO IT? MINE DOES.
I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE WITH THE SIDE PLATE ON IT.
BOB

03-05-2007, 04:42 PM	#1
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Restoration 1939/42 Luger HI I JUST BOUGHT A LL MATCHING 1939 / 42 LUGER IT IS ALL MATCHING EXCEPT FOR THE MAGAZINE. NOW THE BAD NEWS. IT WAS REBLUED.. I NEED TO FIND A WAFFENMEISTER TO RESTORE IT. DOES ANY ONE KNOW OF A GUNSMITH WHO SPECIALIZES IN LUGERS.REGARDS ROBERT HICKEY Last edited by SAKIJOE; 11-13-2015 at 11:12 AM.

03-05-2007, 04:44 PM	#2
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1939/42 LUGER NEEDS TO BE REFINISHED HI HERE ONE MORE PICTURE, BOB Last edited by SAKIJOE; 11-13-2015 at 11:12 AM.

03-05-2007, 05:39 PM	#4
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	BLUING HI THE PISTOL WAS BLUED AND HALF OF IT HAS THE PURPLE COLOR IN IT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT RESTORED. BOB Last edited by SAKIJOE; 11-13-2015 at 11:11 AM.

03-05-2007, 09:43 PM	#7
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	BLUED LUGER I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS FINISH ON THIS PISTOL IS CORRECT OR REBLUED. IF IT IS CORRECT I WILL LEAVE IT AS IS. I NEED MORE HELP FROM LUGER COLLECTORS. IWIIL TRY TO SEND MORE PICTURES FOR YOU. THANK YOU BOB

03-06-2007, 10:40 AM	#8
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Bob, I agree with Dwight that what I see in your photos appears to be an original, overheated salt blue of the period. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

03-05-2007, 04:49 PM	#3
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Its hard for me to tell from the pictures, but if no additional buffing is warranted, if it is just a matter of additional time in the hot tanks to get rid of the purple color, try hot bluing until color is reached....no harm in trying

03-05-2007, 07:04 PM	#5
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Additional photos would help, perhaps no additional buffing would be required just degrease and hot blue, I am months behind and recovering from Right hand surgery, but I believe I could bail you out of this duel tone Luger.

03-05-2007, 09:13 PM	#6
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,890 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,282 Times in 424 Posts	Bob, Do you know for a fact that this gun was reblued? The plum color is an effect which authentically shows up occasionally on salt-blued Mauser Lugers blued in a bath which is the wrong temperature or chemical composition. It would be a shame to remove the original finish due to a misunderstanding. --Dwight

03-06-2007, 11:00 AM	#9
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Lugerdoc....I believe it was under heated....

03-06-2007, 11:01 AM	#10
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	REBLUED LUGER? I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MORE PICTURES. BUT IT SEEMS I CAN ONLY SEND ONE AT A TIME??? BOB Last edited by SAKIJOE; 11-13-2015 at 11:11 AM.

03-06-2007, 11:04 AM	#11
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	LUGERS FINISH I HAVE A FEW LUGERS IN MY COLLECTION. AND I KNOW ALITTLE ABOUT THEM THEM. AND I SURE DO NOT WANT TO RESTORE THIS LUGER IF IT IS CORRECT. I HOPE SOME OF THE MEMBERS ON THIS FORUM CAN TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO. REGARDS BOB Last edited by SAKIJOE; 11-13-2015 at 11:11 AM.

03-06-2007, 10:33 PM	#12
Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	I have an original 1939 Code 42 with a purple receiver and would agree with Dwight that yours could very likely be the original finish. Post some pictures of the left side with the side plate installed so that we can get a better look at whether or not it appears that the edges are rounded off from polishing like many post war re-blues. Lyn

03-06-2007, 10:58 PM	#13
SAKIJOE User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OHIO Posts: 128 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	luger finish HI LYN, DOES YOUR 1039/42 LUGER HAVE A SHINE TO IT? MINE DOES. I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE WITH THE SIDE PLATE ON IT. BOB Last edited by SAKIJOE; 11-13-2015 at 11:11 AM.