new to me Luger-it needs help!!

DavidJayUden · 03-28-2009, 08:38 AM

I'd go for it. Some platers offer re-heat treatment to counter of hydrogen embrittlement. But maybe the Doc could offer a definitive answer.
Unplate it, and you can bead blast/salt blue it for not much $. Straw coloring is an easy home job (as soon as your wife leaves for a few minutes). Repro. grips, MefGar mag.
By the time you spend a hundred or so and a few hours laboring over it you will have a fun shooter that you will be a part of.
Then start looking around for your next one.
DJU

03-28-2009, 08:38 AM	#5
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I'd go for it. Some platers offer re-heat treatment to counter of hydrogen embrittlement. But maybe the Doc could offer a definitive answer. Unplate it, and you can bead blast/salt blue it for not much $. Straw coloring is an easy home job (as soon as your wife leaves for a few minutes). Repro. grips, MefGar mag. By the time you spend a hundred or so and a few hours laboring over it you will have a fun shooter that you will be a part of. Then start looking around for your next one. DJU