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Question for forum members: I recently purchased from Legacy a P.08 Mauser Banner Police E/L dated 1942 serial number 2430y. My question is this: The gun appears original and correct in all respects but has the following odd feature; the ejector is straw finished but the remainder of the gun is correctly salt-blued as it should be. Is this an occurrence that could have taken place during assembly? As I believe that Police Lugers at Mauser were probably (or may have been) assembled as commercial Lugers, that perhaps they used an ejector having a straw finish, either by mistake or maybe due to a shortage of blue ejectors at a late date for Mauser Luger production. Any input from forum members will be greatly appreciated. My e-mail is: p38rotcelloc@hotmail.com Sorry, no photos. Thank you Fred |
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Is it strawed or a reddish color? Bill
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The ejector is a non-numbered part, which could have been changed out at any time in the pistol's history. A strawed ejector is in no way, "incorrect" for your gun.
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The ejector is straw, nor a reddish color.
All (so far); thank you for your input. As I stated, this Luger appears correct in all other respects, but the straw ejector seems a bit strange. It appears that the gun has not been messed with in any way, and is about 98% finish, all matching and has all the correct E/N proofs as well as the E/L police acceptance. Again, thank you for the input. Fred |
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also, if memory serves me correct, sometimes you will find Banner Commercials with strawed parts - am I remembering correctly?
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small parts, but the Police Banners usually should have all salt- blue parts, but since the Police Banners were assembled in the plant area that also assembled the commercial guns, it is possible, I suppose that a straw ejector could have been assembled into a Police E/L. By the way, I have your excellent book on Police Lugers, and I find it a great reference on the subject. Fred |
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I don't think a strawed ejector would be original on a 1942 E/L Police Banner. All the Military and Police I have seen in that year have the reddish color. Strawed on Commercial yes.
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Easy enough to "fix"; I expect it is a replacement though, and would not worry about it-
since as pointed out is is not numbered and could be period. Sure wouldn't keep me up at night.
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The ejector itself is a spring. The reddish color is somewhat close to what would result from its being heat treated ("drawn down") to make it a spring, the temperature necessary for which is much greater than that at which a part is strawed. It may be that military ejectors occasionally skipped the subsequent bluing... but this is conjecture.
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It might have been better if all 4 normally straw parts were present. I do have an exc reddish blued extractor available @$50 or would offer partial trade for your strawed one. TH
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offer. If I change my mind later, I will contact you. Thank you Fred |
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reddish blue or blue EJECTOR and I will probably take it. Original only please. My e-mail is: p38rotcelloc@hotmail.com. Thank you Fred |
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Thank you for your very informative post. Never really knew that the so many different colors were caused by the change in temperature. Joe
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Did we ever see a picture of the OP's ejector?
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