Gentlemen,
The second set of pistol pictures are from the vz.52 in question. I recently received the pistol from n10sivern and I am wondering what was the original finish applied to the vz.52 pistol by the manufacturer? I once owned a 1953-dated non-rearsenaled pistol with an olive drab/grey finish that I understood to be original.
More recently I acquired another 1953-dated vz.52 pistol which lacks any markings suggesting the pistol was rearsenaled. However, as the pictures indicate the finish on the new pistol (charcoal grey?) looks different from that of my old pistol (olive drab/grey?) and I am wondering are these simply two variations in the color of the original military finish applied during their manufacture? Or, has this new pistol been rearsenaled and simply not stamped with a rearsenal date, VOP, etc.?
This new pistol also came with two magazines which also appear to have two slightly different finishes (one more charcoal grey and the other, more olive drab). Now I cannot imagine that the magazines would have been refinished as part of a rearsenaling program, so would the differences in finish on these magazines support my thinking that the original finish on the pistols may also have varied quite a bit?
If this is a rearsenaled pistol that no longer has its original military finish then I will return it to n10sivern for a refund, but if it is simply a variation on the original finish then I will gladly keep the pistol.
Thanks for the education.
Tim