Secret of the stock lug

[Jack Lawman]

Originally posted by Frank

Next I suppose you'll be telling me that Navy Lugers were chrome plated to prevent the salt sea air from corroding the metal parts!!!!

That's exactly what I'm saying!

The chrome plating worked so well, U-boat captains were known to chrome plate their faces:



As you can see, the plating was much more effective on the lugers. The U-boat captains went from "just plain grumpy" to "shiny and grumpy" .

Jack