black paint on a luger?

gssmith1986 · 11-18-2002, 02:38 PM

My Great Grandfather had a Luger (1917 on the barrel) that has a crappy black finish on it of what appears to be paint-I can rub it off with my fingernail. Any idea what this is? He got it in the 1920's (won it in a raffle he said). I would like to remove the paint as the finish underneath appears to be decent bluing, but didn't know if this is a good idea-I can probably do that in an afternoon with my thumbnail.

11-18-2002, 02:38 PM	#1
gssmith1986 New User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	black paint on a luger? My Great Grandfather had a Luger (1917 on the barrel) that has a crappy black finish on it of what appears to be paint-I can rub it off with my fingernail. Any idea what this is? He got it in the 1920's (won it in a raffle he said). I would like to remove the paint as the finish underneath appears to be decent bluing, but didn't know if this is a good idea-I can probably do that in an afternoon with my thumbnail.