Trying to decide: restoration or leave it be.

[simoon]

As usual, thanks for the insight! I learn something everytime I visit lugerforum.

I uploaded this picture. Wondering if it is the tie breaker. With the safety on the difference in the bluing underneath is noticable. Can't imagine someone doing a good bluing with the lever in place especially since it is not blued itself. Is that from years of corrosion?
The toggle bolt pin seems not to be the same hue. Is that normal or a repair? And of course what drives me insane are the scratches some idiot put on the side in what must have been an attempt to remove surface rust.

Bob

ps Overnight, my url's turned into images. Are there elves that do that? Or am I making work for somebody?

http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfupload/side_copy1.jpg