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A near perfect 10
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I think I might be tempted to polish Homer's initials and MDL no. right out of existence. Electric engraving is not very deep in my experience.
Beautiful gun, otherwise. Actually, beautiful gun period. Congratulations on the discovery.
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I'm with Mr. Wilson - the buffing wheel can do both horrible and wonderful things. I bet it could be buffed away by a good man at the wheel, then blued to where you'd never know......
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If it were me, I would stay away from a buffing wheel. I would carefully sand it from maybe 220 to 600 grit, matching the factory 'grain' perpendicular to the frame. That should approximate the factory finish closer than anyone would notice, and it wouldn't round over the corners. I've found that several coats of different brands of quality cold blues (on small areas) works well.
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09-30-2009, 05:18 PM
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Yeah, no buffing wheel is going to remove that! Hahahahhhhaaaa
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09-30-2009, 05:18 PM
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Then I'd track down Homer and club hi on the head with it................
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09-30-2009, 06:11 PM
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Perhaps homer will become famous one day.........
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With the exception of Homers art work, very nice.
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I took your advice, and sanded down the drivers license number.
Worked on it for a couple hours, it turned out pretty good.
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It sure did. I love the old M&Ps. I have one just like it, same period and barrel length, but it has some slight superficial rust on various spots. Nearly as unused, though. I was thinking of having it refinished to look like yours.
PS Did you notice that on M&Ps of this period, the hammer spur is high enough to prevent the use of the sights unless the hammer is cocked? I guess back then double action shooting was thought to be a sightless affair, i.e., last ditch, close up, point shooting, emergency only.
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Nice job!!! But I would still club Homer with it.
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That came out great! Good job and nice purchase.
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An easier fix, if it suits you, is to put a set of Smith Combat grips on this, I had an original set on my 1905, 4th change. They would hide all of that nonsense! NICE FIND!! Bob
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Great job on that. I have a 3.5 inch barrel Model 27-2 that looks brand new also but I have to keep targer stocks on it because under the grips that guy engraved his name on both sides. I've heard that was fairly standard practice for LEO's in the 70's and 80's. Anyway I just keep target grips on it so it's out of sight.
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