Recent content by Jake Stevens

Nothing like all the beautiful rifles shown but mine is a pristine Stevens (Savage) model 15 bolt action single shot. I bought it new in 1967 at the local hardware store for about $25 upon returning from my 2nd tour in Vietnam. My father-in-law had a much older one just like it we had always...

Where did you find those grips? Gun looks great!

Has turned out to be a wonderful find and project. Mostly thanks to everyone who contributed in helping me get this gun operational. Have taken it out to our gun club and fired over a box of ammo through it and it fires great, and is so much nicer to fire than my Taurus 85. The weight and Hogue...

No, removed the grips prior to soaking. The right side grip was extremely damaged near the rear bottom looking like it may have slid along a rough surface for some time. I sanded it down and refinished both but ended up replacing them with Hogue rubber grip. I feels much better in my hand and is...

How true!! Just ordered a Grace tool kit due to my experience with my Craftsman screwdrivers not exactly fitting the screws on this project gun. Now I have to buy a metal detector to go find another rusted up gun to work on......

I used my Dremel tool with assortment of wire brushes to clean most of mine, surprisingly it cleaned up well other than all the pitting in the surface of the outside frame. Some great ideas on this thread that helped me tremendously as I had never tried anything like this before. Lots of great...

Had forgotten how heavy these older guns were. Years ago while in RVN they took our 1911s and issued us Colt 38 revolvers with I think 4" barrels. We hated them, too hard to hit anything with them compared to the 1911s. I have a newer Taurus Mod 85 MicroLight 38 that I CC and the difference is...

OK, I finally got the photo to upload

Still not smart enough to get the picture posted....will work on that tonight. Hopefully will not make a mess of the thread trying!

One final note....after researching on this site and finally getting the cylinder open (it was rust in the frame that held it, I was afraid of hitting it too hard but it later released with the illustrated mallet) to get the model. From the serial number it is a 1971 "Combat Masterpiece" model...

Thanks to everyone!! Combining your knowledge and suggestions plus a UTube video I was able to get it completely disassembled, cleaned and reassembled. Seems to function perfectly, just have to order a set of grips as the original wooden ones are deteriorated beyond repair. This gun was left in...

Wow....what a great bunch of folks!! OK, let me start with what I have done based on the responses. 1. Side plate screws are too tight to remove. Had correct size tip but did not want to damage screw heads. 2. The advise for the feeler gauge was for releasing the cyl. That was not an issue as I...

Attempted to tighten or loosen the knurled knob but will not turn either way.

NO, not loaded! The thumbpiece will not move forward. Have placed it in a container with penetrating oil again, will let it soak overnight. How do I tighten the ejector rod head. Understand the use of padded needlenose pliers. Is this the knurled end of the extractor tube beneath the barrel?

Recently had a neighbor give me her father's old S&W .38 spl revolver. It was completely rusted up. After soaking in penetrating oil for a few days I was able to get to work seemingly perfect except I cannot get the cylinder to open. Tried the cure from this forum on using strip of plastic to...