Purchased "REVOLVER, LIGHTWEIGHT. M13" Today

[Goony]

Converted by your government to "PAPERWEIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT, M13"....

To make this even sadder, I'd add that it appears that at the time it was crushed, there was virtually no wear to the finish, it was close to the condition in which it left the factory.

 

[MelvinWalker]

Converted by your government to "PAPERWEIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT, M13"....

After looking closely at that, you could almost...with a good parts kit....Nevermind.

 

[Hawg Rider]

What a shame! I'll never understand why the U.S. government doesn't try to make some of their money back by selling all their surplus guns to the public. Same thing happened with the Model 56s.

 

[MelvinWalker]

What a shame! I'll never understand why the U.S. government doesn't try to make some of their money back by selling all their surplus guns to the public. Same thing happened with the Model 56s.

With defense contracts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, the US Govt doesn't care about destroying/demilling hundreds of thousands of surplus anything, this former gun included.

It's actually a wonder that this much of the frame even survived a demil?

 

[JH1951]

A little Flitz, cold blue, and RenWax, and you'll be good to go.

 

[gwpercle]

I gave your post a "Like " because I don't have a "Oh My God" button .

I would have loved to have a working model 13 , Air Force marked for collection and use .and would have paid good honest money for it ... those revolvers could have been easily sold ...
and made money ... OMG ... !!!

Gary

 

[handejector]

See if S&W will fix it under warranty......