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Originally Posted by SaxonPig
I wouldn't give $200 for it unless I could live with it as is.
This would be #21 of my 99 FAQs.
Restoring or rebuilding guns.
21. If you are asking about refinishing a worn looking gun or rebuilding a beater gun, in the vast majority of cases the cost will exceed the value of the finished product. Just rebluing a revolver will run $250 or more by the time you add shipping costs and refinishing the gun will actually lower its value in most instances. If the gun is an heirloom, or has some special meaning, and you want it looking like new and the cost be damned then go for it. But most times refinishing a gun is not economically feasible.
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I'm kid of that same mindset however, my thoughts were, if I scored it for ~$200, to bead blast it and do a electroless nickel finish myself (under $100 total). Granted it won't be like from the pro's but it would be saved and put in good serviceable condition and I'd have a project gun complete for ~ $350.