Recent content by purkle

Thanks J38 i will head off to sports authority here and ask for Corrosion X ;)

I plan on shooting it but not with .357's Well now.. since we've all managed to identify what and where now i must adress the future. Is there a link or some delicious advice for how to get rid of the rust and then preserve it after? I would like to get it as clean as possible then polish the...

Neat! interesting that it took 3 guns to make this one, makes you wonder what became of the other firearms and how all these parts came to be. What this a special order from a gunsmith ? Who knows how it came to be.. No markings on the cylinder at all, any idea of what time period it could have...

Thank you! :D

Thank you! I do plan on shooting it but not with .357's I dont really have the wrists to be able to handle something like that.. I am glad to finally figure out mostly, where this gun came from. It is indeed a treasure to me and i will Show how much of a treasure it is to my family come...

GENTLEMEN, we have answers. Since i had the gun cleaned by one of your folk.. The serial 798 is in fact NOT the entire serial! Once it had been cleaned i am able to make out a full serial of numbers! The serial for the frame of this gun is *drumroll* 23,798! Here are some pictures...

i appreciate everyones response, i have read each reply and i'm greatly pleased at how much attention this ugly duckling of a revolver has gotten. I have the revolver now and i am going to take pictures and post them here further revealing more information. Also, Thefiringline as someone hand...

I am not sure the laws back then but i do know even today, Outside influence is Still considered a nuisance and thought of as irrelevant unless your from here or live here.

Thank you for having an interest in our families handgun M29 I assure you that this will never be sold as long as i have it and will keep it in the family. At first i thought because this was a parts gun that its interest would be rather low until i thought more about it. Because this is a parts...

Thanks Lobo! She was quite a lady thats for sure :D

Jim from thefiringline.com had some interesting thoughts. Jim said; Under CURRENT regulations by BATFE, if you're a gunsmith and modify a gun severely enough, you've "manufactured a new gun while destroying the old one" and at that point, you (the gunsmith) have to attach a new serial number...

Ahh god =( This is eating away at me :( Must find out! Would be amazing if this frame was actually #798 tho!

Sax is there any other way to retrieve a serial number for the frame? Bleh i want to get this professionally looked at but now i dont know if i want to show it to anyone

i'm curious then.. If there where numbers above the 798 that where polished off they would have Had to take the 798 part with it as the surface is Level unless the numbers and ring above it where raised off the surface.. I just dont see how they could have taken off the ring and the other...

The bottom of mine is NOTHING like that one at all there is no loop for a ring, its a solid piece that runs the bottom between the grips, at the very end are those numbers and thats it. Here is a picture of the actual revolver i have, i have not posted it as it is very blurry, but here is what...