PX HK...?

[John D.]

Hey Ronnie...!

Another great question!! OK......

The PX HK Lugers were polished and blued with some care, but this appears initially as a "parts" HK, which is a bit different....

What you'll find is that many parts HKs have a "hodge-podge" of finishes. Some parts may be a high polish - deep blue, while other parts are "in the white". For example - there are HK post war parts Lugers that have a frame "in the white" and small parts blued - and visa-versa....

As well - some of the parts HKs are all the same tone of blue, and you'll see the frame or cannon are over buffed so that the entire "blue" matched....

In the example that is on auction - it looks like it's a "parts" HK where the parts were pulled "as is" - rather then the entire Luger buffed/reblued - which gives it its mis-matched finish on the frame as compared to the small parts (which do not match, either)...

Hope this helps!

John