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06-20-2013, 07:16 PM
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Pawnshop rescue!!!
I saw this gun in the store last week @ $225 and walked away. It stayed in my mind and it followed home @$200 today.
I wonder in what finish it started out life? Could those be blood stains??!! 
It locks up tight w/ a sharp clean bore & chambers etc. It is a 15-3 from 1977.
It'll probably become the gun I keep in my den or maybe CCW ocassionally.
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06-20-2013, 07:27 PM
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Sometimes the beat up ones are the most fun. Had a couple refinished at the Factory. Problem is, that then you don't want to shoot them.
This well used 13-1 I found a bit ago has quickly become one of my favorites. Action is stellar and shoots like a dream. Enjoy that one as is.
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06-20-2013, 07:37 PM
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bead blast it and get it coated
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06-21-2013, 01:22 PM
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How smooth is the action? That would indicate how much it has been shot or dry-fired. Refinishing the gun would probably set the action factory to factory-gritty. I would take the rotten appearance for a great action.
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06-21-2013, 01:40 PM
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That's probably what I'd do...but I'd do the work myself. Brownells' air-dry Aluma-Hyde II semi-gloss black might be the ticket for that one.
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06-21-2013, 01:40 PM
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That's pretty ugly, but on the up-side, anything you do to it will be an improvement. Since you did not buy it for looks, but because it is one of the best revolvers ever made, you got a good deal.
Post more pictures as you get it cleaned up.
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06-21-2013, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gruntdeputy
That's pretty ugly, but on the up-side, anything you do to it will be an improvement. Since you did not buy it for looks, but because it is one of the best revolvers ever made, you got a good deal.
Post more pictures as you get it cleaned up.
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That is exactly why I couldn't leave it in the shop.....
It has a nice smooth factory action & a sharp bore. So, I'm going to leave it alone and shoot/carry it just like it is.
It now has a set of Hogue finger groove grips on it and is ready for a trip to the range.
Any ideas what might have caused those stains?
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06-21-2013, 10:48 PM
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Good save. If cleans up much I would be reluctant to refinish.
Looking like that, no one would want to steal it. 
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06-21-2013, 10:49 PM
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i'm sorry,that one would have been hard for me to buy,i guess i'm a visual guy.......need to be able to look at my gun as well as shoot it.
you have the perfect tackle/tool box gun I hear so much about.
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