Leif Runenritzer
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I've lately bought a P38. There are some scratches, there's holster-wear, and the grips are slightly warped so that the seam doesn't close at the backstrap. I'd be happy with a dark-park look, or blueing, but the frame is aus Leichtmetall, so i need to paint it.
For the grips, black would be alright, but i would only want them glossy if the rest of the gun was too. I've seen wood grips, but i can only find them with a brass, non-milspec escutcheon. I know someone linked to a maker of wooden grips for sundry handguns somewhere here, P38s included, but i can't find it now. As for the style of grips, i imagine the P1-style would work better, but i don't have a big preference.
I was considering parkerizing the steel parts and making the frame olive-drab or tan, but i think a P38 would look better with the continuity of one tone on the bigger parts. Besides, i'm sure some of you would hate me for doing anything so outlandish to a P38 as make it tan or whatnot. I'm likely to choose one color for the frame, slide and barrel, and leave the other bits parkerized, but i can't decide what color. In your opinions, what colors would look good on a P38? What colors would look right on a P38? What i don't want is a glossy frame under a parkerized barrel and slide, as it was originally. I would get it in flecktarn if i could find a stencil for that pattern. Whatever finish i use, i would like it to resist holster-wear better than the original finish. What do you think about all this? Sorry if this is sounding like queer-eye for guns.
Wow, i thought this would be shorter.
For the grips, black would be alright, but i would only want them glossy if the rest of the gun was too. I've seen wood grips, but i can only find them with a brass, non-milspec escutcheon. I know someone linked to a maker of wooden grips for sundry handguns somewhere here, P38s included, but i can't find it now. As for the style of grips, i imagine the P1-style would work better, but i don't have a big preference.
I was considering parkerizing the steel parts and making the frame olive-drab or tan, but i think a P38 would look better with the continuity of one tone on the bigger parts. Besides, i'm sure some of you would hate me for doing anything so outlandish to a P38 as make it tan or whatnot. I'm likely to choose one color for the frame, slide and barrel, and leave the other bits parkerized, but i can't decide what color. In your opinions, what colors would look good on a P38? What colors would look right on a P38? What i don't want is a glossy frame under a parkerized barrel and slide, as it was originally. I would get it in flecktarn if i could find a stencil for that pattern. Whatever finish i use, i would like it to resist holster-wear better than the original finish. What do you think about all this? Sorry if this is sounding like queer-eye for guns.
Wow, i thought this would be shorter.
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