Unfortunately whoever did the refinish didn't have a clue about what they were doing. There is nickel in barrel and it looks to have pits in it as well, so there's no safe shooting this without a new barrel. It has a very solid cycle, but I think my dad is thinking of this as more of a project...
Thanks for the quick response everyone! I agree that the refinish was poorly done haha! I believe my dad will be taking it to a gun smith to have it restored. He was happy to hear that it should most likely be blued, he was planning on having that done anyway! Does anyone have an idea what it...
This is my dad's. He just bought it, but he doesn't know much about it. I've done some research and all I know is it may be pre-WWII because it doesn't have a letter in the s/n. It has a 5" barrel and .38 special. Here are some pics...