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Originally posted by John Sabato
Gentlemen,

... the German war machine dropped strawing as a firearm finish because it was too expensive a process and went to salt bluing of all the parts. Mauser's only exception to this are the commercial or contract pistols sold after 1937, where standard civilian finish was used, presumeably because the customer was paying the premium cost for the additional process.

I think you gave away the answer on another post.