SW CQB 45
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In 2003, while on patrol duty, I responded to a shots fired call. long story shortened....car chase, bad guy car-blown engine, oil spray on my windshield, 2 subjects ditch the car still rolling, flee into a wooded area with high water and disappear.
Hours later a soaking wet juvenile is knocking on doors in a near by residential area and we respond and hook him up. he has loose 44 mag ammo (semi jacketed) in his pocket. the kid later fesses up that he was only holding the ammo while the driver shot...but never would give up the driver.
no victim came forward and the case was closed.
fast forward to 2008.
a ditch cleaning crew came across a well rusty Model 29 6" loaded in the water on the same road I started my pursuit back in 2003. the model 29 was loaded but the entire gun was seized up.
I got a bucket of solvent and placed the rusty and loaded Model 29 to soak to try and kill that ammo.
2011, the disposition showed up for this weapon and the rust was so bad on this gun, it ate away all identifying numbers. I broked the center pin and hammered the cylinder open and the ammo was seized in the cylinder. I removed the cylinder.
I used a drill press and drilled the slugs to eat away the very soft exposed lead. My first slug attempt, I was met with sludge on the inside of the case.....YAY!!! the solvent soaked through.
The next 5 slugs, I was met with dry gun powder. YIKES!!!!!
I still have the cases on my desk that are tarnished with rust but I wanted to find a test gun to see if the primers are still "HOT"!!!!!!
Recently going through a bunch of evidence to be destroyed....I came across another interesting piece used in a suicide or attempted suicide (I need to review the case) a super clean nickle Model 29, ok here comes the bad part......
with the barrel hack-sawed back to about 2-3 inches. no front sight....just a jagged cut short barrel.
this may be my test gun for those rusty casings to see if those primers are still good.
sorry for the long post.
Hours later a soaking wet juvenile is knocking on doors in a near by residential area and we respond and hook him up. he has loose 44 mag ammo (semi jacketed) in his pocket. the kid later fesses up that he was only holding the ammo while the driver shot...but never would give up the driver.
no victim came forward and the case was closed.
fast forward to 2008.
a ditch cleaning crew came across a well rusty Model 29 6" loaded in the water on the same road I started my pursuit back in 2003. the model 29 was loaded but the entire gun was seized up.
I got a bucket of solvent and placed the rusty and loaded Model 29 to soak to try and kill that ammo.
2011, the disposition showed up for this weapon and the rust was so bad on this gun, it ate away all identifying numbers. I broked the center pin and hammered the cylinder open and the ammo was seized in the cylinder. I removed the cylinder.
I used a drill press and drilled the slugs to eat away the very soft exposed lead. My first slug attempt, I was met with sludge on the inside of the case.....YAY!!! the solvent soaked through.
The next 5 slugs, I was met with dry gun powder. YIKES!!!!!
I still have the cases on my desk that are tarnished with rust but I wanted to find a test gun to see if the primers are still "HOT"!!!!!!
Recently going through a bunch of evidence to be destroyed....I came across another interesting piece used in a suicide or attempted suicide (I need to review the case) a super clean nickle Model 29, ok here comes the bad part......
with the barrel hack-sawed back to about 2-3 inches. no front sight....just a jagged cut short barrel.
this may be my test gun for those rusty casings to see if those primers are still good.
sorry for the long post.
