need help stripping a 1912 Erfurt for re-finish - Page 3

sthomp · 12-27-2013, 12:40 AM

John, Jerry and CAP...your comments are much appreciated. Yes, Danner turned these parts exactly to the commitment he gave me. just a bit over a month. Charles had done another quickie re-blue of a trigger side plate a year or two ago,,,same result...on time and done well.

rhuff · 12-27-2013, 04:58 PM

That is one beautiful Luger!! You have to be ecstatic over the end results. I know that I sure would be. You hung in there with it and now you can reap the benefits of the final results. Congrats!!

This Danner fella does some excellent work.

G.T. · 12-29-2013, 05:08 PM

Is a re-blue Luger like this, not a restoration, but just a nice clean re-blue re-straw effort, worth the price??... Or, in other words, what would someone pay for a "Ready to go! Nice shoot'in Luger?" Everyone always wants the $600.00 shooter, but problem is, they're always made for the scraps of scraps... They could never be economically restored even with the best efforts at the lowest prices.. On the other hand, a miss-match decent donor unit, and maybe a few decent parts, with all tuned to work as new, and look at least, like a nice Luger should, could maybe have a nitch market?? So, you don't chase every ding, and the blue and straw are nice, but maybe not perfect...
I don't want to even suggest that a gun like this compares to a full blown restoration, and I don't think the gentlemen that do the outstanding restoration work we've seen here, can ever charge enough, compared to the time spent on task...
But, most every one likes a nice shooter?... Let me know your thoughts on it, I know how much effort went into this Erfurt.. and I was amazed at the result... Maybe there will be more?/... best to all, til...lat'r....GT

lugerholsterrepair · 12-29-2013, 06:51 PM

I found a fascinating Police Luger..had all matching parts, numbered tool and numbered holster..it was a ball of rust. I stripped it..every part. Had Danner re blue it. Just to save it. I think I paid too much for it and Danner cost me right at $600 but what else could you do? I think I might have 12-1400 in it and GT's right..it's not a real restoration but not a buff & salt blue either. I will likely never get all my money back but it's purty again and it's not always about the money.

G.T. · 12-29-2013, 07:28 PM

I have a byf 41 shooter that I put together a few years back...(probably a lot of years back, but then, I digress!..

) Anyway... the only part that has been re-blued is the frame, which is not matching to the top half.... It looks great, and shoots even better.. it is my compare to all Luger for my customers repairs... IF, I sold it as parts, I could get a K for it pretty easy, as the parts are 99%... But, I probably could only get maybe a couple of hundred more as a shooter??... But the most important part, is, I love this gun!! It works as every Luger should! You can't hardly make it quit! It never has for me anyway.. collector guns come and go.. ( an ever present facet of real life) but I think I'll be buried with this gun... Might be the only gun I have left when that time comes... maybe a bottle of Jack Daniels too??... and.. well, best to all, til..lat'r...GT

12-29-2013, 05:08 PM	#3
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,528 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 3,711 Times in 1,014 Posts	OK, here's my question??? Is a re-blue Luger like this, not a restoration, but just a nice clean re-blue re-straw effort, worth the price??... Or, in other words, what would someone pay for a "Ready to go! Nice shoot'in Luger?" Everyone always wants the $600.00 shooter, but problem is, they're always made for the scraps of scraps... They could never be economically restored even with the best efforts at the lowest prices.. On the other hand, a miss-match decent donor unit, and maybe a few decent parts, with all tuned to work as new, and look at least, like a nice Luger should, could maybe have a nitch market?? So, you don't chase every ding, and the blue and straw are nice, but maybe not perfect... I don't want to even suggest that a gun like this compares to a full blown restoration, and I don't think the gentlemen that do the outstanding restoration work we've seen here, can ever charge enough, compared to the time spent on task... But, most every one likes a nice shooter?... Let me know your thoughts on it, I know how much effort went into this Erfurt.. and I was amazed at the result... Maybe there will be more?/... best to all, til...lat'r....GT

12-29-2013, 06:51 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	I found a fascinating Police Luger..had all matching parts, numbered tool and numbered holster..it was a ball of rust. I stripped it..every part. Had Danner re blue it. Just to save it. I think I paid too much for it and Danner cost me right at $600 but what else could you do? I think I might have 12-1400 in it and GT's right..it's not a real restoration but not a buff & salt blue either. I will likely never get all my money back but it's purty again and it's not always about the money. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

12-29-2013, 07:28 PM	#5
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,528 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 3,711 Times in 1,014 Posts	shooter, nice... I have a byf 41 shooter that I put together a few years back...(probably a lot of years back, but then, I digress!..) Anyway... the only part that has been re-blued is the frame, which is not matching to the top half.... It looks great, and shoots even better.. it is my compare to all Luger for my customers repairs... IF, I sold it as parts, I could get a K for it pretty easy, as the parts are 99%... But, I probably could only get maybe a couple of hundred more as a shooter??... But the most important part, is, I love this gun!! It works as every Luger should! You can't hardly make it quit! It never has for me anyway.. collector guns come and go.. ( an ever present facet of real life) but I think I'll be buried with this gun... Might be the only gun I have left when that time comes... maybe a bottle of Jack Daniels too??... and.. well, best to all, til..lat'r...GT

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12-27-2013, 12:40 AM	#1
sthomp User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 50 Thanks: 2 Thanked 26 Times in 12 Posts	John, Jerry and CAP...your comments are much appreciated. Yes, Danner turned these parts exactly to the commitment he gave me. just a bit over a month. Charles had done another quickie re-blue of a trigger side plate a year or two ago,,,same result...on time and done well.

12-27-2013, 04:58 PM	#2
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,308 Thanks: 2,737 Thanked 993 Times in 729 Posts	That is one beautiful Luger!! You have to be ecstatic over the end results. I know that I sure would be. You hung in there with it and now you can reap the benefits of the final results. Congrats!! This Danner fella does some excellent work.