Gun Show Buy: What do I have?

[John Sabato]

The Safety marking "Gesichert" appears to have been filled in with a contrasting substance, and this would likely occur after the reblue process if one took place... And the strawed "yellowed" parts would normally be removed if the reblue were done properly instead of dipping like the Russians did.


After examining the scan under hi-magnification, the one thing that bothers me is that the scratch that takes place on the left side when the safety is moved from safe to fire and back is blue, and not really scratched...


This means that either the gun was not only not fired much, but evidently not even handled much. I find it hard to believe that this gun could survive this long without the the safety being applied many times even if the pistol were not fired. I can't place much confidence in an opinion based on the appearance of the bluing because the mottled appearance may just be the scan. If in person, the bluing appears to be different thicknesses it would make me wonder if the gun had been touched up.


I guess that is all the opinion I dare to put in print based on the scan. As I said in my earlier post, for $450 I think it was a great buy! It could easily have a spot in my gun safe for that price.


-John