Curious about halo's

JoeP.08 · 05-07-2014, 10:24 AM

The C/M's look fine to me. These stamps were applied by hand and commonly exhibit imperfections due to broken dies, angle of strike, force of strike, etc. I've never seen a P.04 with two C/M's that are exactly the same. The C/M's on P.04's are applied prior to bluing and do not exhibit halos. The P.04 stampings on the barrels, depending on the model and serial suffix, on the other hand, were applied after bluing and should exhibit halos. IMHO these proofs and serial number look correct to me for a model 1914 P.04 Navy.

Olle · 05-07-2014, 10:34 AM

I don't know much about these pistols, so this is just a question... These guns were hand fitted at the factory, and I'm sure that most of that needed to be done before bluing. Wouldn't the serial numbers be applied before the bluing then? It seems like it would have been difficult to keep track of the parts through the finishing process if they were unnumbered.

05-07-2014, 10:24 AM	#1
JoeP.08 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: CT Posts: 159 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The C/M's look fine to me. These stamps were applied by hand and commonly exhibit imperfections due to broken dies, angle of strike, force of strike, etc. I've never seen a P.04 with two C/M's that are exactly the same. The C/M's on P.04's are applied prior to bluing and do not exhibit halos. The P.04 stampings on the barrels, depending on the model and serial suffix, on the other hand, were applied after bluing and should exhibit halos. IMHO these proofs and serial number look correct to me for a model 1914 P.04 Navy. __________________ "It's good to be a great man but it's great to be a good man." Joseph F. Pirolo Sr. (1934-2010)

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05-07-2014, 10:34 AM	#2
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	I don't know much about these pistols, so this is just a question... These guns were hand fitted at the factory, and I'm sure that most of that needed to be done before bluing. Wouldn't the serial numbers be applied before the bluing then? It seems like it would have been difficult to keep track of the parts through the finishing process if they were unnumbered.