New US Manufacture from US Steel, complete with new manufacture heat treated screw - Kar88 Gew 91 Karabiner 88 Gewehr 91 Front Band. May require some minor fitting. Most purchasers found they fit without any needed work.
As machined are just that.
Distressed and Faux Rust Blue has been artificially "worn" to smooth out the edges and machining surfaces and blued to look like rust bluing
Gew Kar 1888 1891