Perfect Guns (without any finish left!)

[Modified]

I appreciate a new in the box gun as much as anyone, but I can't afford them. Never have been able to.

So I set my sights on the guns that a lot of collectors overlook because someone used them, a lot. I've bought a lot of guns that please me greatly this way, for very little money.

What guns do you guys have which might charitably be termed: finish challenged? But are nevertheless perfect to you?

 

[Chukar60]

I don't have anything in that category, but I really like that Colt.

 

[series guy]

I bought this old M&P at a gun show for just this reason. It's tight as a drum, no wear on the checkering on the hammer and appeared to have been fired very little. Just no finish at all on the gun.

 

[merl67]

Colt 1900 it is perfect for me as like you there is no way I could afford any nicer example.

 

[krsmith58]

finish

that's the kind I like . not sure why , other than are in my price range but i'm o k with that . Kenny M T USA

 

[krsmith58]

Oops

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[crazyphil]

When I bought this 67 (no dash) Combat Masterpiece it had lots of pits
and scratches. So, I had a local smith bead blast it. I like the finish.
The stocks are Craig Spegel designed, Butler Creek made, & Uncle Mike
marketed.

 

[series guy]

I guess there's not much finish left on this one either. Like Kenny said, makes them affordable but they still shoot as good as they ever did.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

This old wardog is a particular favorite of mine. It definitely has that "been there done that" look yet retains 100% original parts.

 

[max503]

My 34. I bought it new about 40 years ago. It hasn't been abused, but the years show. Its condition surely affects its value.
But dang, I took it to the range yesterday and shot several boxes of ammo at a pie pan hanging from a string at 50 yards. We had that pie pan dancing! This things been through 10's of thousands of rounds of ammo and still shoots like new.

Good thread. I'm interested in seeing what shows up.

 

[Valmet]

Guns that have lived long, rough lives are almost always the coolest guns out there.

 

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Is that...jigged ivory?

 

[Mrnurse]

I have a 4 inch 28 with a bunch of holster bruising, no pitts, 50% finish CHP Issue. Mechanics are Perfect. I quit collecting Box Queens several years ago...I use all my weapons.

 

[BAM-BAM]

My first gun a Stephens Favorite .22 dating to about 1896-98 has no bluing left......I got it in 1963 from my Dad..... it now hangs over the door to my home office. I refinished the stock and forend in about 1980. Had it rebuilt and all the springs replaced by a local gunsmith in about 2005.

 

[jmace57]

This Heavy Duty went to the Amsterdam, NY police department. Has a HBH, and a modified front sight. Somebody decided to strip every bit of blue off of it. Not a nick or scratch worth mentioning, but not a bit of finish either.

 

[JH1951]

This one had so much wear that the seller insisted it was stainless steel. After we readjusted that notion we arrived at a suitable price.

 

[Bob L]

I have a soft spot for the experienced pistols.

 

[Justin T]

I love this thread, and I'm a sucker for guns that look bad but are sound. Like OP, I often can't afford them any other way. I'm also a sucker for a fixable project.

For something different here is my Monkey Wards Stevens 520. It was a hunk of junk when I got it. Missing parts and broken butt stock. It's now a cool old switchbarrel, and I took it dove hunting last time out.

 

[Modified]

I'm loving the guns popping up here.

Baby finally went down for a nap long enough to let me snap a few more pictures:

My $150 Registered Magnum:

My King sighted M&P, which shipped to the SFPD in 1907:

My proper pre-war M&P Snub, which shipped to Federal Laboratories in 1934 as a salesman's sample:

I've got a thing for jigged bone. Sometimes I think the reason more people don't have a thing for jigged bone is because it's uncommon enough they have never had the pleasure of shooting a gun wearing a set of good (actually artful and well made) jigged bone.

Or maybe I'm just a weirdo.

It's probably that.

 

[krsmith58]

RM bone

SixgunStrumpet , RM and bone grips are great and always welcome in Mauriceville Texas . did I mention , I am a sucker for nice grips