A Reblue Comparison~

[Olle]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Bluing is simply corrosion resistance and offers no friction to moving parts. I don't know the source of the stories about salt blued guns "galling" but IMHO you can classify it as old collector wives tales. I almost fell off my seat when I read that.

Well, bluing is a different material added to the surface of the steel, so I don't find it unlikely that it could change the characteristics, for better or for worse. I don't know where I found this information though, it's just one of them things that stuck in my mind when I read it.

So are salt blued Lugers blued inside out like other salt blued guns, or do they have the same, bare surfaces as the rust blued guns?