I was looking at one today that I'm seriously considering.
The barrel has been shortened to 4-1/4", recrowned, and a new sight silver-soldered on. Looks to be pretty well done. Lockup and action are good, as are the bore and chambers.
Probably refinished at the time the barrel was cut, because there is a hint of of very slight pitting under the bluing on the left side, and the hammer and trigger have been polished - no case colors left. Slightly more sideplate gap than normal. Otherwise the rollmarks and finish all look pretty good.
It has all the patent rollmarks on the top of the barrel, not centered of course, and the sight base actually overlaps the rollmarks, due to the shortened barrel.
It has a Hogue monogrip on it, so I'd want to replace those since they are so ugly.
With a serial number of 183XXX and all the patent rollmarks on the top of the barrel, I'm assuming it is a commercial model, correct?
Pretty hard to pass on a good shooter like this one for under $400 OTD.
The barrel has been shortened to 4-1/4", recrowned, and a new sight silver-soldered on. Looks to be pretty well done. Lockup and action are good, as are the bore and chambers.
Probably refinished at the time the barrel was cut, because there is a hint of of very slight pitting under the bluing on the left side, and the hammer and trigger have been polished - no case colors left. Slightly more sideplate gap than normal. Otherwise the rollmarks and finish all look pretty good.
It has all the patent rollmarks on the top of the barrel, not centered of course, and the sight base actually overlaps the rollmarks, due to the shortened barrel.
It has a Hogue monogrip on it, so I'd want to replace those since they are so ugly.
With a serial number of 183XXX and all the patent rollmarks on the top of the barrel, I'm assuming it is a commercial model, correct?
Pretty hard to pass on a good shooter like this one for under $400 OTD.
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