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for a S&W that is not considered a prise
I have NEVER had a gun reblued this one touched my soul.Old Brizilian 1917 ,It was missing blueing, needed a new hammer because someone had ground the sear notch to do a trigger job ,past the case hardening.Outside was a mess,minor nicks and scratches BUT the bore & riffling and chambers looked good .Decided to have it refinished and I replaced the hammer made new grips to replace the incorrect newer ones .Had hammer & trigger color case hardened .Oh the Brazilian acceptance was very light ,did not retouch it left it as i received it,all other stamping ,bright and sharp. It shoots like an OLD WAR HORSE should.Probably get in trouble for refinishing ,from what i see on the forum it is a SIN to refinish an old gun . I have in my youth committed greater sins that will surely send me to hell before this one does. Besides i am sure to meet many of the form members that i will not be able to visit with in this life.
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Looks good to me!
Hey, your gun and your money as far as I'm concerned. 
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02-06-2016, 09:39 PM
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Most of the Brazilians I have seen, including mine, are rode hard and put away wet, so to speak. Why not repair them and use them. Your's looks great, enjoy it.
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02-06-2016, 09:41 PM
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If it is cosmetically ratty to begin with, refinishing of a relatively common revolver is no sin, and will not devalue it. But it won't make much of an improvement to value either, except to the owner.
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02-06-2016, 09:44 PM
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I think you did the right thing. Those old Brazilian 45's really took a beating. I guess all that humidity down there. I have one that I am constantly tempted to have refinished. I did throw a pair of targets on it just to cover up some of the not-so-good-looking gun. This is one of the earlier ones that might have been drug through WWII as well.
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02-06-2016, 10:06 PM
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Mine has a S/N 193950 any help of the year of shipping it has the 1937 stamp on the side plate and square notch rear sight
DWALT not trying to up the value . it is now a beauty in my sight.
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Looks good to me. Did you say you made those grips? If so, well done.
If I were up for a reblue, I would have been tempted to have an inch or two shaved off the barrel, just because I like that look, but that's me.
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Mine has a S/N 193950 any help of the year of shipping it has the 1937 stamp on the side plate and square notch rear sight
DWALT not trying to up the value . it is now a beauty in my sight.
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If it has the square notch front sight, it shipped in the late '30s.
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02-07-2016, 12:39 AM
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No sin there. When they get to a certain point, you can't hurt 'em, only restore some dignity.
Correct serial range, correct features, likely 1937 contract issue, but no guarantee w/o a letter.
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I had a Colt Police Positive .32 sw that the bluing was all but gone and was mostly patina. Yeah I was told don't refinish it but I figured it can't be worth less looking better. That was when I noticed the dang barrel was ringed. Dang I didn't notice when I got it. Oh well it is just a shooter punching paper. The refinish I did came out looking like a dulled bluing so the gun has an old appearance yet. The ringed barrel kills the value anyway. I only paid around $250 for it so no big loss either. I will just punch holes in paper and have fun with it. It shoots fine even with the ringed barrel.
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I have one of the 1937 contract Brazilian 45's. On mine it looks like they just reblued over the pitting. kinda looks at first glance as bead blasting. haven't had it out to shoot it yet. So was considering having a new old stock barrel fitted, any problems fixed then get it bead blasted and blued. My square sight has punch marks most likely done to make the notch smaller to get a better sight picture. Frank
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I would not mind owning 1 like it! I do not own any ugly guns! (not saying they are perfect though) Enjoy your .45! It is like a page out of a history book. Bob
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Well done. My Brazilian was parked long before I got it. If you examine it closely, yep, there's pitting under the parkerization.
From what I've seen of most Brazilian models, it must have been S.O.P. to just toss them into a steel drum somewhere for storage.
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