Re: ANH Hero DL-44 Barrel Discussion
I'm fairly certain this is the best photo possible of the underside of the barrel.
Unfortunately, it's dark, but they all are.
I think that thin highlight about mid barrel is a highlight off the edge where the curved and flat surface meet.
I agree with dcarty that the main body was probably painted to try to blend in the greeblies. It seems pretty clear that the there's just a bare metal circle (it even rides up on the underside of that upper lip).
Great shot lonepigeon!
But as you said, still too dark. Even increasing the contrast etc, did not help much SEE BELOW.
I lined the two shots up again as my earlier post and reversed the image of course.
In yet another view more Q's arise. The barrel does not look as wide as in the previous shot.
Even though the FH and top barrel line up and look straight the back end of the barrel seems to get wider in the pic. Prob. due to the FH being off kilter a bit, makes it hard to line up. Differing angles, bad exposure, reflections etc.
Also note the "thin highlight" lone pigeon refers to. Right above that you see a darker shadow line at an opposite angle as the bottom of the barrel suggesting a "tapered bull barrel" situation OR a flat area that tapers off to round toward the muzzle, maybe to let the barrel extensions join nicely. But remember the CU of the grassy knoll shot from Naked Runner where the highlight looks to go straight and then turns 90 degrees right before the end where the lock tab is.
Nice pic though. Can even see some tool marks in the recess under the barrel!
My head hurts.
As for the Disk area and painting. No doubt they "dressed" the gun a bit.
Some shots (although my versions are no where near as nice as some of you guys) look blued ie: gun, scope, mount, FH (may be phosphate) with the "add on's" painted Black ie: Grill, front sight
Maybe touch ups account for some color but the disk is curous. in some shots it looks like missing paint, in others it seems to have an edge and depth,
SEE BELOW. ( wish I had a better view of this)
Also happens to be exactly where the mount is in Sitting Target (below)
Same mount too! But not same receiver as that seems to be the
Schnellfeuer version BUT the mount is in the same place. Maybe they tried it there first, couldn't holster it? Maybe it was there first on a found receiver and moved it?
Anyway, interesting that the DISK happens to be exactly where the mount is on that other Mauser. Maybe there was a Limited run of these?
Let me know what you all think about the "missing paint" disk vs the releif in the frame.
Also the area where the Disk rides up on the ridge of the frame "could" also be explains by a milled recess. If cut into that ridge, it would do the same thing and appear the same.
Why place the Circle right there- overlapping the ridge just a little?
Did the glue just rip off the bluing? Possibly.
If it is remnants of missing paint, the area would be blued underneath it and look more like the surrounding area (i think) . Removing bluing from a circled area would be a pain.
Also, WHY leave it like that? If they took off a part, why not repaint the entire gun or touch up that area?
Boring side of the gun, maybe they thought it gave some detail.