08-29-2018, 11:16 PM
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SWCA Member Absent Comrade
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: South Florida, USA
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Originally Posted by DCW
Model 39, S/N 6180
Acquired a couple of years ago from an Upstate N.Y. estate sale, this is a sweet Model 39 example. Immediate past, late owner's original invoice showed No. 6180 as costing $75.
Model 39, S/N 7495
This isn't this collector's first Model 39 rescue and doubtful is it being his last. As can be seen in the above, the bluing was somehow partially stripped from the slide. How and why is unknown inasmuch as the "usual suspects" don't seem to fit the damage.
Despite Ol' DC's age, he still retains sufficient brain space to learn anew.
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I have a spare box SN: 7195. Close, but no "Cohiba". Although, if you have a white lacquer pencil you're in like Flynn.
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