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10-01-2017, 09:17 AM
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It Never Hurts to Have Some Cash Handy
I recently picked up a .38 Safety Hammerless Fifth Model. It is well refinished with an excellent bore. Inset on the sideplate is a $1 gold coin; on the right side is a $5. The frame and sideplate are drilled to set the coins into the frame and sideplate. Smaller holes are drilled through the insets to punch out the coins from the rear.
I don't know if the coins are still full thickness and have no intention of removing them to find out. If they are, I bought the gun for little more than their scrap value.
Bob
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10-01-2017, 09:30 AM
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Now this is a new one. I have seen/owned coins inletted in the stocks.
Even front sights. Neat snag.
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10-24-2017, 12:48 PM
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That's most unusual!
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10-24-2017, 04:01 PM
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Truly a novel idea, but looks to be fairly well done. Must agree with the above; most unusual and a neat snag.
Later!
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10-25-2017, 08:33 AM
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Roy Jinks has often stated that he is more fascinated by guns that have been modified to a specific owners desires than a plain Jane off the shelf version. Just seeing what some prior owners have done to their guns could be the basis for a collection unto itself.
Some modifications are done to improve how the gun shoots while others were done just because. If only these guns could talk. 
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