C96 Persian Contract

[alvin]

Just reinstalled a free image processing software on my PC and en-lighted the picture a little bit. Man, this thing does not look right. Not only the "sunrise" halo's not there (at least, I did not see it even enlarged), the surface does not look right either -- the section has blue near the crest area being very reflective. If that's not caused by gun oil applied on surface, I would say this thing was reblued too. Combined with this funny grip, it's hard to make other conclusion.

[Maestro]

Originally Posted by alvin

Just reinstalled a free image processing software on my PC and en-lighted the picture a little bit. Man, this thing does not look right. Not only the "sunrise" halo's not there (at least, I did not see it even enlarged), the surface does not look right either -- the section has blue near the crest area being very reflective. If that's not caused by gun oil applied on surface, I would say this thing was reblued too. Combined with this funny grip, it's hard to make other conclusion.

that's a really cool program you have on your PC & you have a great memory I had to look it up again, but it is offered by a fellow in Texas:

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Mau...n_id=100302678

Alvin, do you happen to have a good picture of the "sunrise" halo? so I can compare with.

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Maestro

that's a really cool program you have on your PC

Free one. Downloadable from here:

http://picasa.google.com/

I found it's very useful to enlight dark pictures and enlarge small pictures.

For the "sunrise" stamp, here it is. Unlike the "lion" crest, this "sunrise" stamp was applied after the gun had been blued. Please note the unevenness of the stamp's edge and the halo.

And, as a small subset of prewar M1912 production, the finish of this variation is same with other ones in the period. Not rough, but not reflective either.