Restoration question

Ice · 04-26-2009, 05:22 PM

Hey, thanks for all the answers/opinions. The reason I want to do a proper refinish is because the pistol has been hot dip blued (not buffed too badly though). It looks like a 72yr old gal wearing glitter makeup applied with a trowel - the finish is ugly enough to make me cringe when I look at it. OTOH I got it at a great price and its all matching numbers with excellent bore. Did I mention that it came wearing sloppy fitting plastic stag grips?

I can make it look period (reblued) correct; actually very nice when I put on well checkered walnut grips. That is the reason for my question. As nice as it will appear, I don't think that it will fool anybody who knows about Lugers. Not my intention to create a fake - thats why I was asking.

Thanks

Charlie

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04-26-2009, 05:22 PM	#5
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Hey, thanks for all the answers/opinions. The reason I want to do a proper refinish is because the pistol has been hot dip blued (not buffed too badly though). It looks like a 72yr old gal wearing glitter makeup applied with a trowel - the finish is ugly enough to make me cringe when I look at it. OTOH I got it at a great price and its all matching numbers with excellent bore. Did I mention that it came wearing sloppy fitting plastic stag grips? I can make it look period (reblued) correct; actually very nice when I put on well checkered walnut grips. That is the reason for my question. As nice as it will appear, I don't think that it will fool anybody who knows about Lugers. Not my intention to create a fake - thats why I was asking. Thanks Charlie