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thanks for all the opinions everyone... i have decided to not fix the gun, and to just give it back to my cousin. I hope to some day own a m29 of my own..
New guy with a "burned" model 29 needs advice..
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Uncertain fate for the "burned" M-29
This has been an interesting thread. I've been in contact with the original poster via PM. I had wanted to purchase the "burned" Model 29 (for a low price) as the basis of a project for conversion of an N frame to .22 LR. I figured that it'd be suitable for that if I could get it cheap enough, and would be a way to salvage the gun and make it shootable, without undue risk. However here's cheapbeater's last reply, regarding his cousin's wishes:
A number of people suggested sending it to Smith & Wesson (even after the OP said that he had contacted them and they said they would NOT work on a gun that had been in a fire.) Other advice ranged from "id buy the spring kit... and a front site and let it rip" to "cut it up with a chop saw."
By my count there are about ten posters in this thread who said they would try shooting it again, one way or another. I'm guessing these are also posters who would continue to shoot an infamous "low serial number" 1903 Springfield (the batch with the bad heat treatment) because heck, it ain't blowed up yet. It may be worthwhile to make note of who these posters are - they may offer equally valuable advice in future threads.
Edit: Ah, just saw the OP's post that came in while I was composing mine.
This has been an interesting thread. I've been in contact with the original poster via PM. I had wanted to purchase the "burned" Model 29 (for a low price) as the basis of a project for conversion of an N frame to .22 LR. I figured that it'd be suitable for that if I could get it cheap enough, and would be a way to salvage the gun and make it shootable, without undue risk. However here's cheapbeater's last reply, regarding his cousin's wishes:
A number of people suggested sending it to Smith & Wesson (even after the OP said that he had contacted them and they said they would NOT work on a gun that had been in a fire.) Other advice ranged from "id buy the spring kit... and a front site and let it rip" to "cut it up with a chop saw."
By my count there are about ten posters in this thread who said they would try shooting it again, one way or another. I'm guessing these are also posters who would continue to shoot an infamous "low serial number" 1903 Springfield (the batch with the bad heat treatment) because heck, it ain't blowed up yet. It may be worthwhile to make note of who these posters are - they may offer equally valuable advice in future threads.
Edit: Ah, just saw the OP's post that came in while I was composing mine.
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bmcgilvray
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"I'm guessing these are also posters who would continue to shoot an infamous "low serial number" 1903 Springfield..."
Hah! You would have guessed correctly as I've been shooting this correct, original, and unmonkeyed-with 1913 Rock Island '03 for many years.
So, make note of me and my advise.
This has been an interesting and entertaining thread. I will shoot the unmolested 1903 Springfield but wouldn't be interested in shooting the revolver which is the subject of this thread.
Hah! You would have guessed correctly as I've been shooting this correct, original, and unmonkeyed-with 1913 Rock Island '03 for many years.
So, make note of me and my advise.
This has been an interesting and entertaining thread. I will shoot the unmolested 1903 Springfield but wouldn't be interested in shooting the revolver which is the subject of this thread.
Gazz
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So how many of you are shooting a refinished S&W or any other gun for that matter. Do you know if it was ever in a fire? Is that the reason it was refinished? I would be willing to bet my next paycheck there are plenty of them out there and you guys are shooting some of them. Can anybody provide a detailed incident about a hadngun (or any other gun) that has HAND GRENADED because it was once in fire? I have read enough about kaboomed guns but they seem to all be from bore obstructions, bad ammo or some other malfunction not related to the incredibly critical heat treating.
Speaking of low number Springfields, here is an interesting read on that topic;
Information On M1903 Receiver Failures
Speaking of low number Springfields, here is an interesting read on that topic;
Information On M1903 Receiver Failures
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I'm not sure I'd call them hand grenades as such, but I have seen several that caused serious injury to the shooter and a bystander.
The first gun was a bolt rifle (can't remember the make) that had been burned in a house fire.
After a reported 15 rounds out of a box of 20 the bolt and receiver lugs had set back to the point where a case blew.
The left hand locking lug on the bolt sheared off and the case ruptured catastrophically.
The floorplate blew out and the magazine was bulged.
This did serious damage to the shooters face, right eye, and left forearm. As I recall, they were able to save his eye, but his vision was seriously damaged to the point where he was more or less blind in that eye.
The second was a 1960's Winchester Model 1894 lever action rifle that went up in a trailer fire.
The owner replaced the wood and springs, and did a home blue job with cold blue.
He took it out to the range to test fire and it blew on the second shot.
He got a face full of fragments of steel and brass, serious injuries to his right hand and left arm, and put a piece of steel into his sons arm that nicked the artery. Fortunately, a fireman was at the range on his off day and got a tourniquet on the arm to stop the bleeding. The range was only a couple of minutes from a hospital so he survived.
As a side note, he had visitation rights of his son that day, and his ex-wife sued and got sole custody for recklessly endangering her son.
The first gun was a bolt rifle (can't remember the make) that had been burned in a house fire.
After a reported 15 rounds out of a box of 20 the bolt and receiver lugs had set back to the point where a case blew.
The left hand locking lug on the bolt sheared off and the case ruptured catastrophically.
The floorplate blew out and the magazine was bulged.
This did serious damage to the shooters face, right eye, and left forearm. As I recall, they were able to save his eye, but his vision was seriously damaged to the point where he was more or less blind in that eye.
The second was a 1960's Winchester Model 1894 lever action rifle that went up in a trailer fire.
The owner replaced the wood and springs, and did a home blue job with cold blue.
He took it out to the range to test fire and it blew on the second shot.
He got a face full of fragments of steel and brass, serious injuries to his right hand and left arm, and put a piece of steel into his sons arm that nicked the artery. Fortunately, a fireman was at the range on his off day and got a tourniquet on the arm to stop the bleeding. The range was only a couple of minutes from a hospital so he survived.
As a side note, he had visitation rights of his son that day, and his ex-wife sued and got sole custody for recklessly endangering her son.
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