Need help with finishes on C96

[Olle]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

Olle,

FWIK I can't recall having seen a C96 firing pin strawed, I think all C96 had their firing pin blued.
I could be wrong.


Regards


Sergio

This is quite possible (I guess it would be a fire blue?), so I might better correct myself: The ones I have seen that still had any finish on them were strawed. The problem is that I just haven't seen many Broomhandles with a good, all original finish, so I don't have a good reference. Most of them just have an even, grey and brown patina all over, and it's almost impossible to tell what kind of finish they had to begin with.

I know there's several knowledgeable collectors here, so I'm hoping that this will be easy to figure out. If not, I'll just wing it. It will be a refinished shooter anyway, so the main objective is to make it look good.