IMHO, keep her the way she is, and o make the package "look" even MORE "right", I'd be looking for a somewhat rougher looking set of stocks for that puppy.
Did I really save her? A Born Again 29-3
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indiuckian
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I took your advice...(Sort of
) and I kind of like it...I tried some pach's but they were not doing it...I'll shoot her again this weekend with the new shoes.......
TenTea
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Somehow, the stags look right!
The metal finish reminds me of a 1911 I own that survived a house fire.
The metal finish reminds me of a 1911 I own that survived a house fire.
Cpo1944
Member
I like it as is, but if your sitting around this Winter with nothing better to do you could fill the pits and give her a coat of krylon. Make her look as good as new!
4330Inroute
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I was revisiting my posts when I saw your updated picture. The grips really make a difference. I like it.
Boogsawaste
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I like it! Might sound weird but I think I'd like to have one just like that. I'm being serious too!
ginzo
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Nice work, indiuckian!
Not a model 29, but, If you remember, my Ruger security six started like that. Now it's very special to me after all the hours put in to make it "mine".
Not a model 29, but, If you remember, my Ruger security six started like that. Now it's very special to me after all the hours put in to make it "mine".
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I have an ~80 year old .22 rifle that has pitting like the worst of what your barrel shows. My grandfather gave it to me, after realizing a leaking pipe had soaked the soft rifle case it'd been in in his closet. We don't really know how long it sat in the wet case. He'd already attacked it with kitchen steel wool and removed nearly all the original blue and most of the rust. I just stopped the rust and cold blued it. Because of the sentimental value (he bought it new for $5 in the 1930s), I occasionally think about having it professionally refinished (which I know would cost more than it is or would be worth), but what I did has made it look reasonable, and it's totally serviceable. I plan to teach my youngest to shoot with it sometime soon.
ginzo
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A "project" gun means way more to a person than a store bought or traded for gun. JMHO.
Bajadoc
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A little Renaissance wax should bring that back to near-new. I love guns like that. I would make it mechanically right and leave it alone.
Boogsawaste
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I agree 100%
If it shoots really well you could use it to take money from some young kids who think there wonder pistols shoot better than they could do, just show up at the range with an obvious limp and start shooting, don't shoot very well and shoot left handed (or right handed if your left handed) see if you can talk some of them into a little match for lunch money say 10 shots at 25 yards. Then switch hands and enjoy your lunch money. Had a friend who paid his way through college doing something like that at a trap range.
