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Unread 04-29-2011, 07:51 PM   #1
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I have a nice Frankin navy Luger I bought from HUGH quite a while back. It is quite nice, mixed, parts and shoots very well. Seeing in itself it will never be of collector value, having retired from 20years in the Coast Guard, and wanting a 'personal' luger, I have thought of having the US Coast Guard crest engraved onto the chamber, and my name and rank engraved somewhere on the frame. How would I go about this? Haved the Luger's finished stripped,them send to a engraver 'in the white'? or have it engraved first, then a refinish? Any ideas as to how might do this work would be appreciate any leads on who might do this kind of work.
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I have a nice Frankin navy Luger I bought from HUGH quite a while back. It is quite nice, mixed, parts and shoots very well. Seeing in itself it will never be of collector value, having retired from 20years in the Coast Guard, and wanting a 'personal' luger, I have thought of having the US Coast Guard crest engraved onto the chamber, and my name and rank engraved somewhere on the frame. How would I go about this? Haved the Luger's finished stripped,them send to a engraver 'in the white'? or have it engraved first, then a refinish? Any ideas as to how might do this work would be appreciate any leads on who might do this kind of work.
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I just refinished an engraved gun (you can see the result here: http://forums.p38forum.com/forums/vi...p?f=15&t=25117 ), and I would definitely recommend that you strip and polish before the engraving. This gun was in good shape before the engraving, but it was still difficult to strip and polish without damaging the engraving. If your gun has any damage to it (nicks, scratches etc), it might be darn near impossible to polish if it's already engraved.
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Thanks for the link. I will check him out. No engraving on this Luger now. Only the chamber date and a couple numbers filled/removed I think befor it can be engraved.
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