Plum Swiss

mrerick · 12-12-2014, 01:12 PM

I'm not sure I'd identify it as a problem. It is certainly a variation, unless you dislike the color...

The color is involved in a combination of the alloy composition of the steel, the salt bluing chemical process, heat and time...

It's likely that the Swiss changed their approach after this since my 1938 has a very different and uniform almost black appearance.

Ben M. · 12-12-2014, 01:40 PM

by looking at simpson cite, you see some plum barrels on the red plastic lugers but here&there. many red guns have correct color to match guns. brown and black plastic guns seem ok with barrel colors. since this was a new gun and maybe some new metals, maybe it took time to learned the technique? do we see plum color on the bern06 guns?

12-12-2014, 01:12 PM	#1
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12-12-2014, 01:40 PM	#2
Ben M. User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Retired to Naples, FL. Posts: 498 Thanks: 112 Thanked 156 Times in 98 Posts	by looking at simpson cite, you see some plum barrels on the red plastic lugers but here&there. many red guns have correct color to match guns. brown and black plastic guns seem ok with barrel colors. since this was a new gun and maybe some new metals, maybe it took time to learned the technique? do we see plum color on the bern06 guns?