HOW CAN YOU TELL AN ORIGINAL VZ-52?

[texasjack]

What should the finish of the barrel be on an original (non-reworked) VZ-52 pistol?

The dark blue barrels seem to go with the hot dip blue rework guns.

Some gray parkerized guns have a lightly blued barrel, and some have an almost "straw" colored barrel. Which is original?

[Noah Zark]

I've not payed that close attention to the barrels, but the tubes on my two original, unreworked gray parked 52s are a silver-straw color. The one in my refurbed dark blue 52 is a medium-dark polished blue.

HTH,

Noah