Re- Finish prior to Re-Issue??

[Edward Tinker]

Ron, I wrote this on Jan's forum;

I can not speak for many army pistols, but after WW1 Simson was given the sole right to refinish / refurbish guns for the army and police. That said, if it needed to be redone, a reblue would be in order? I also know that DWM refinished / refurbished (that is probably a better word) when needed for the army and police.

For the police, after receiving a sear safety would it need a reblue? Probably not, however, after a magazine safety was added or taken off, then it would require toucing up?

I take each arsenal reblue with a grain of salt when I hear it from dealers or other folks. Rounded edges, previous markings, etc., shouldn't be cleaned off.

That said, I have seen many "faint" markings on the early reichswehr guns, the dove on the right, they seem VERY light, I assumed they were buffed lightly when "rearsenaled" but my feeling is starting to think many times the die was of a weak or malleable metal and thus did not strike very deep.


Ed