Matthew
Member
Was thinking of bring my nickel 19-4 camping next week but now I'm reconsidering.
Sounds like a good excuse for me to get a 686
Sounds like a good excuse for me to get a 686
I am so Pi--ed off! I dropped my 3" 66 in the gravel yesterday.
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jeffrey
Member
While I was cleaning my 3" model 66-5 and my "butterfingers" were slick with Hoppes, I dropped the cylinder on a brick floor. Nice big scratch in the cylinder -- which nicely matches a couple of the scratches in the frame that it had when I bought it! Oh well! Now I don't worry such much about that gun. Of course, had I done it to my pristine 3" 66-2, you probably would have heard my cries several states away!
A couple of years ago there was a poster who did worse on the CZ/DW forum. He had a DW pistol pack sitting open on the bench at the range and the wind caught the lid and blew the whole thing over and dumped the gun and all the barrels onto the cement at the range. I have wanted a pistol pack since they first came out, I was almost sick when I read that.
Sportsterguy
Member
Bummer feeling speaking from experience. Know your pain. Was hauling ass down a mountain in Kodiak Ak. years ago after shooting a fork horn. Had my 6" no dash 57 in a Bianchi shoulder holster. Like slow motion the revolver comes out, tumbles numerous times on the ground and finally comes to rest. Busted the grips, dinged up the cylinder and barrel. Replaced the grips, cold blued the bare spots and the gun is still going strong.
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Marshal Tom
Member
All is well,
I took it to a local,(excellent) gunsmith and he buffed everything out of it. It looks better than when I got it. It is slightly shinier but I can take that back down with the scotch brite method if I want to. Thanks to all for the comments. All my swearing was for nothing but good practice! I will be more careful in the future. I am still waiting for my grips back from VM for my K-22 that got dropped. That was a good one too.
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I took it to a local,(excellent) gunsmith and he buffed everything out of it. It looks better than when I got it. It is slightly shinier but I can take that back down with the scotch brite method if I want to. Thanks to all for the comments. All my swearing was for nothing but good practice! I will be more careful in the future. I am still waiting for my grips back from VM for my K-22 that got dropped. That was a good one too.
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