Now an old school ugly N frame contest
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I'm going with posts #8, #24, #38, and #60 as qualifiers so far. They're pretty ugly...but loved, I'm sure.
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Well, I thought I might be in the running until series guy posted his. Still, this poor 1917 has one claim that I haven't heard anyone else admit. I put most the ugly on it. I picked it up at a gun show back around 1979, it was grungy, with quite a bit of bluing gone. I wanted to try my hand at cold bluing, without a clue as to how it would affect the value of the gun. I was young and stupid, and bold. I polished and polished, avoiding the scarce lettering on a 1917. I stripped all the blue off except in the flutes, hey it looked OK in them. Then layed the BC cold blue to it. Yuk. Hey, it's ugly inside, too. The pivot pin for the trigger is so worn, that it looks like it could break off any time, which makes the DA pull feel funky. It still shoots real good. I learned my lesson, I'll never use cold blue again, or emery cloth.
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GermanHunter
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They are around.
I saw a picture of another one, but I can't seem to find it right now.
Late submission. Just got the middle one. The two 44's have seen some work.
OldDominion
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Here's one well used 1926 that shipped September 1931 to the Providence P.D.
Donald Paul
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Good too see there are collectors on this forum that appreciate guns that were used for what they were intended for. Carry and shoot. There are too many out there that turn there nose up at a piece because it has a little wear or a few freckles.
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Playing around with the camera. Have some shots of a revolver that's been broken and repaired at least a couple times, and refinished at least twice in it's life. Wrong grips, wrong sights, all kinds of incorrect and my very favorite gun.
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I'm lodging an official protest.
That last one looks too good to be in an "Ugly N-Frame" contest.
(I wish I had it.)
Camera tricks!
Ugly is kind of in the eye of the beholder. As neat as I find perfect in the box guns they don't really interest me in the long run. I'd much rather have a gun with some interesting history attached to it.
I think there's a lot to be said for ugly guns that shoot fantastic and have perfect function.
Of all the guns in the Keith Collection that they have shown so far the only one that really gets me going is this one:
A gun that truly belongs in this thread.
Dave T
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There are some ugly guns pictured here but some of you folks don't have a clue. Good grief! Some of your so called "ugly" guns are so nice I would walk right by them at a show, knowing they would cost too much. (smile)
My entry won't win this contest, but it won't win any beauty contests either. A 1937 HD I got out of Idaho.
It showed a lot of wear inside too so this was someone's working revolver. Still shoots OK, in fact good enough for me to qualify one year for the revolver part of the LEOSA permit program.
Dave
My entry won't win this contest, but it won't win any beauty contests either. A 1937 HD I got out of Idaho.
It showed a lot of wear inside too so this was someone's working revolver. Still shoots OK, in fact good enough for me to qualify one year for the revolver part of the LEOSA permit program.
Dave
My 38/44 beater, one of the charging holes is buggered, can't extract the fired case without a hammer and dowel. great 5 shot !
It now sports the correct grips.
It now sports the correct grips.
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