1914 - rework?

alvin · 07-11-2013, 07:10 AM

General feeling is that Germany had many guns, German's war depended on heavy weapons, and pistol played minor role in service. When volume was big and many instances were not used to the extreme limit, certain percentage would be left in nice shape today. Not very surprising.

But, that's only the big context. Given a particular instance,,,,,,,,

The receiver must be refinished in the rework processes. WaA and E/H added, no halo, staying under blue, current blue could not be original. One grip frame, the magazine safety cut was welded back, finish in surrounding area must be damaged, it needs to be reblued.

The toggle,,,,,It's a little bit surprise to see the main spring hook is also blued. On DWM, it's hardened in light grey color. On this one, does it look like being blued? Maybe not, hard to tell based on pictures.

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07-11-2013, 07:10 AM	#7
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	General feeling is that Germany had many guns, German's war depended on heavy weapons, and pistol played minor role in service. When volume was big and many instances were not used to the extreme limit, certain percentage would be left in nice shape today. Not very surprising. But, that's only the big context. Given a particular instance,,,,,,,, The receiver must be refinished in the rework processes. WaA and E/H added, no halo, staying under blue, current blue could not be original. One grip frame, the magazine safety cut was welded back, finish in surrounding area must be damaged, it needs to be reblued. The toggle,,,,,It's a little bit surprise to see the main spring hook is also blued. On DWM, it's hardened in light grey color. On this one, does it look like being blued? Maybe not, hard to tell based on pictures.