Odd ball?

[gurn blanston]

Just got this one today. Kinda strange. But for $300 , why not.

 

[Liftrat]

I'd have paid that much, if it works. Interesting find.

 

[gurn blanston]

Seems perfect mechanicaly, dirty now. Will give a good cleaning. Looks like it was carried quite a bit

 

[JayCeeNC]

Pretty early Model 39-2.
Someone may have swapped the slide from a nickel gun, or refinished the blued slide.
Not a bad price either way.

 

[stansdds]

Definitely did not leave the factory like that, so either parts were swapped or the slide was refinished. Not a horrible price for what it is here in early 2025. It's a shooter grade pistol, so go shoot it and don't forget to post a range report.

 

[cgt4570]

The rear sight, hammer, and several other parts would have been blue from the factory.

 

[gurn blanston]

I’m betting it was originally an all blue gun and someone wanted to make it fancy. They did a good job. After a full disassembly and cleaning it looks and functions great. Perfect bore. They even nickeled the barrel! Looking forward to taking it to the range. Will report back.

 

[stansdds]

The barrel might have been plated, but I kind of doubt it as plating can mess up clearances. The barrel, being carbon steel, may have simply been polished.

 

[gurn blanston]

Appears to be plated, even the magazine is plated. Maybe the guy worked at a chrome shop,

 

[stansdds]

Yep, your barrel was plated and it's flaking off in some spots. That's a good reason to not nickel plate a semi-auto pistol barrel. Hard chrome plating works better as it has a much stronger bond to the underlying steel, so long as the steel is properly prepared for plating.