my new luger and cleaning it

battering ram · 01-02-2018, 07:42 PM

the area's with the brown color were in specific areas...inside the grip area was a lot......around the main spring...i took the handles off to get in here......it was a real PITA...fine line maybe between patina and letting your gun rust.....i figured because of the rust-blue that this finish is different than any other gun i own and to not get into it any more....no damage was done to any finish...i oiled the heck out of the steel wool and did not apply pressure....much of it was twisting it into threads and trying to get it out of the corners....most of the work was done with hoppes and just q-tips...steel wool was used very sparingly....i stopped before i got all the brown out of some of the corners because i did not want to get too aggressive....

is the existing wear to the white lettering consistent with normal use/wear? i thought because it was on the top 1/2 of the word that it was worn off from using the safety switch...made sense to me....

also noticed its more white now than it was

if i did remove the paint somehow how does that effect value? (i was sick to my stomach for a couple of hours until i thought more about it)

its a beautiful gun and im very proud to own it....thanks again for all the help/advice in choosing this gun...i think im very lucky!

01-02-2018, 07:42 PM	#6
battering ram User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	the area's with the brown color were in specific areas...inside the grip area was a lot......around the main spring...i took the handles off to get in here......it was a real PITA...fine line maybe between patina and letting your gun rust.....i figured because of the rust-blue that this finish is different than any other gun i own and to not get into it any more....no damage was done to any finish...i oiled the heck out of the steel wool and did not apply pressure....much of it was twisting it into threads and trying to get it out of the corners....most of the work was done with hoppes and just q-tips...steel wool was used very sparingly....i stopped before i got all the brown out of some of the corners because i did not want to get too aggressive.... is the existing wear to the white lettering consistent with normal use/wear? i thought because it was on the top 1/2 of the word that it was worn off from using the safety switch...made sense to me.... also noticed its more white now than it was if i did remove the paint somehow how does that effect value? (i was sick to my stomach for a couple of hours until i thought more about it) its a beautiful gun and im very proud to own it....thanks again for all the help/advice in choosing this gun...i think im very lucky!