I have 44 Double action a customer brought in & wants me to sell. 6.5", 1&7/16" cylinder, 44 Russian, ser # 28231. It has issues:
1. it's been reblued, it looks nice at 1st glance but some very light pitting in places below the bluing. No idea when done, but not recently (in last 20-40 years...)
2. Cylinder has @ 1/4" play left to right. Possible extractor issue & maybe something internal not allowing lock up.
3. @ 1/64-1/32" front to back play in cylinder.
I would be willing to spend 200-300 to repair (if it can be done for this), but is it worth it? I have no idea of what it's value is now, vs. what it will be worth when repaired.
I have thought of just selling it as is on gunbroker as a $1 auction & seeing where that would go. Any advice? If repairing is a viable option, any suggestions? I wrote Alex Hamilton, he declined & suggested David Chicone, but I have yet to hear back from him.
Thanks, in advance,
Ernie Shipman
Renaissance Firearms, LLC
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