06/24 first variation... blueing

pisto · 07-03-2003, 03:56 PM

Pete,
thanks I be proud of that gun as You can imagine. Even for a Swiss Luger it is a phantastic condition. Not many of those are in that shape. Hope You can read my bad English ...

To your questions:
I m familar with those , because I did read it before. I
- the grips are defenetly not shellaced! (I never saw shellac on that grips - that would cause to much work and because of the reason Swiss armorers left a not checkered rim on the grips to save work, I would suppose shellac grips where never made by the factory)
Shellac finnish I knew only on very expensive Hunting rifles(double, over & under...) and some antique blackpowder guns - it is quite difficult to get it done and very expensive at all.

- that one came just with one unnumbered magazine (not shellaced) but I bought some other mags with that, and again there have some been numbered with the last 2 digits.
I did see quite a few 06/24 mags, but none of them had been shellaced.

- Notice: Swiss wood bottoms are a bit different in theyr design compared to WWI German issues.

The holster for that is unfortunatedly one of a 06/29 and so was the spare mag. So I m still in need of a nice holster.

07-03-2003, 03:56 PM	#3
pisto User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pete, thanks I be proud of that gun as You can imagine. Even for a Swiss Luger it is a phantastic condition. Not many of those are in that shape. Hope You can read my bad English ... To your questions: I m familar with those , because I did read it before. I - the grips are defenetly not shellaced! (I never saw shellac on that grips - that would cause to much work and because of the reason Swiss armorers left a not checkered rim on the grips to save work, I would suppose shellac grips where never made by the factory) Shellac finnish I knew only on very expensive Hunting rifles(double, over & under...) and some antique blackpowder guns - it is quite difficult to get it done and very expensive at all. - that one came just with one unnumbered magazine (not shellaced) but I bought some other mags with that, and again there have some been numbered with the last 2 digits. I did see quite a few 06/24 mags, but none of them had been shellaced. - Notice: Swiss wood bottoms are a bit different in theyr design compared to WWI German issues. The holster for that is unfortunatedly one of a 06/29 and so was the spare mag. So I m still in need of a nice holster.