C96 Red Nine 9mm

Enjoy.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../me39HNR-1.jpg

Isn't that nice? Is it a reblue? What's that on the tip of the front sight?

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

Isn't that nice? Is it a reblue? What's that on the tip of the front sight?

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Re-blu sadly. The front sight has a square chuck to assist the point of aim I am assuming. The nice thing is that the chunk can be removed without boogering the original form of the front sight.

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Originally Posted by MisterGreen

Re-blu sadly.

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Maybe not so sad, it may have looked worse before?

Blu over evidence of pitting is the tell. A nice shooter for sure however.

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Originally Posted by MisterGreen

Blu over evidence of pitting is the tell

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Well, we can't really see that so yes, it's a nice pistol.

Corrosion pitting always seems to affect C96's at the top of the pistol grips quite badly, I guess the inevitable action of age, hand salts and poor historic cleaning..

That looks like a super pistol though, re blue or not.