A Day At The Gun Show - A Couple Good Finds

[Fishinfool]

Went to the Benton, PA. FD Gun Show this past Saturday, and we had a great time. Had a good breakfast put on by the FD, and got to meet up with some gun show buddies I don't get to see that often.

So, after talking about the good deals to be found on the "old stuff" at the small local gun shows, I go and buy two new ones..

I'm not a collector, more of an eclectic accumulator. I like what catches my eye.

In this case, the first one was a NIB Cimarron .357 mag, 4 3/4 inch "Meldrum" style laser engraved, nickel plated six gun. Bob Meldrum was a lawman at the end of the old west who was noted for being a little less than honest, and for his purty engraved 6 shooter. This gun copies that engraving style. Laser engraved, I think it looks good compared to many laser jobs I have seen, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Factory tuned, 4 click action, it has a slick hammer & trigger pull, black powder frame, and bullseye ejector knob. It will get shot some.




The second was an "Inglis" P-35 Browning High Power copy, in 9mm. Inglis was a Canadian company that produced the P-35 during WWII, using blue prints smuggled out of Belgium. Production ended soon after the war did. This new Inglis has no connection to the old Canadian company, and is made in Turkey. Turkey has been making some very nice, all forged 1911's and HP copies the past few years.

This one is all Case Hardened, with pretty, smooth Turkish walnut grips, and a brass bead front sight. Polish, fit & finish are excellent, and I believe it is real, not chemical case coloring after comparing it to a Turnbull gun in the sunlight. It will go good with my real, Nickel plate HP, and blued Hungarian copy. I was thrilled with both these finds..


My buddy picked up a NIB Colt Combat Commander in .45 acp, and a 1970's Marlin .44 mag lever action in great shape - A gun he has been hunting down for for a while now.


Larry

[Narragansett]

Nice looking pair of firearms!!

I had a Browning HP that I bought new in 1971 for 94.00. I miss it terribly even though it had not been fired in 45 years. Oldest son really wanted it last winter, so I passed it along. It would not take much to talk me into another one

[M1A4ME]

That revolver is sweet.

[AZ Buckshot Bill]

Wow, those are beautiful! You've found a pair of good looking "Bar-B-Que" guns!
Buckshot Bill

[Mike, SC Hunter]

Originally Posted by Narragansett

Nice looking pair of firearms!!

I had a Browning HP that I bought new in 1971 for 94.00. I miss it terribly even though it had not been fired in 45 years. Oldest son really wanted it last winter, so I passed it along. It would not take much to talk me into another one

OP........your 2 pistolas look very nice!

Pete........Here's mine that I bought for $114 in 1972. Still have it

[seasoldier85]

Two nice finds! To my eye it appears as though the color case pattern flows from the slide to the frame. Wouldn't they be done separately?

[T44spl]

After seeing these two beauties despite being "modern" Not vintage guns, how can any of us walk outta there empty handed?

[Narragansett]

Originally Posted by Mike, SC Hunter

OP........your 2 pistolas look very nice!

Pete........Here's mine that I bought for $114 in 1972. Still have it

Exactly the same. Rug too

[Fishinfool]

Originally Posted by seasoldier85

Two nice finds! To my eye it appears as though the color case pattern flows from the slide to the frame. Wouldn't they be done separately?

Good question. The manufacturer states it is real case hardening, not chemically applied. Did they position and pack the parts so the pattern would "flow" like it does?

I did compare it in sunlight to several real case guns I have, and several with the chemical case finish. It clearly looked closer to the real ones, and I noticed the colors are present on the inner surfaces of the frame and slide as well.....So? I don't know, but it does closely follow the colors and vibrancy of my Doug Turnbull CH USFA Colt clone.

Larry

[boykinlp]

The case colored one sure is “purdy”!
Larry

[2152hq]

The color pattern can be controlled (at times) by the way the part(s) are quenched.
The direction the part enters the quench, the timing of it (instead of a dunking and sink,,the part is controlled entering and hesitates ever so slightly in increments till it's fully submerged.
It happens so quickly that it appears to be a dunking, but it is a controlled pattern.
Don't know if they are using any such method or it's just the way they are packing the parts and locating them in the boxes. So many variables involved. The slightest change in any of them can make a difference in the results.
Most who do the work find a good result and stick right there with that method.

It is often done with Cyanide Case Color work.
That familiar Rainbow / Striped pattern seen on many single shot and SxS breakopen guns done with Cyanide case coloring is achieved that way.
Perazzi shotguns are one that always seemed to have it. Then common H&R break open singles as well.

Cyanide coloring gives you different looking color patterns generally than Wood&Bone charcoal work. But they both use a quench to finalize the process. That is where the colors appear.

Looks nice. Great colors!

[Fishinfool]

Thanks for the explanation 2152hq.

Larry