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[Red Rover]

... of this Model 36. Want a good cry..... look at what he did to it. Seems that he is actually proud of the butcher job on a gun he described as 99% before "refinishing".

It was posted for sale on another forum for $500. Says pictures before refinish are available. Wow! Leaves me speechless.

 

[Red Rover]

... of this Model 36. Want a good cry..... look at what he did to it. Seems that he is actually proud of the butcher job on a gun he described as 99% before "refinishing".

It was posted for sale on another forum for $500. Says pictures before refinish are available. Wow! Leaves me speechless.

 

[GF]

Why couldn't he have done that to a Taurus!?!

 

[gunnut44]

By looking at the grips there is no way it was a 99% gun, it looks like the finish is rubbing off on the carpet

 

[rags]

You mean a rattle can job isn't actually a re-finish technique?

 

[Stu454]

Originally posted by gunnut44:
By looking at the grips there is no way it was a 99% gun, it looks like the finish is rubbing off on the carpet

X2. If the condition of the grips is an indicator, then this Chiefs was in fair shape at best.

 

[photoman]

Oh my! Looks like the high temp BBQ grill paint I use on my hot rod.

 

[pownal55]

i wonder why it's so close to the trash bucket?

 

[panamajack310]

you guys did not know that was a custom S&W model 36 issued to the USAF and parkarized so it would not reflect light...WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN?????

it is a good excuse anyway,....I MEAN EXPLINATION!!!!

 

[Iggy]

Don't let anybody fool you. He used that radar resistant paint they use on those stealth planes.

That gun is invisible!!

 

[Peter J.]

Thank god it wasn't chrome plated, or it could be a Nazi General's gun!

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Wasn't a wise thing to do value wise...but, I knda like the way it looks.

 

[okie john]

Anyone who'd do that to a flat-latch Chief likely doesn't know what 99% really means.


Okie John

 

[Black_Sheep]

Around here that's known as a "Dupont overhaul"

 

[4864]

I would give $100 for it just to use as a truck gun. $500 for that? No way.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

It's the new stealth Smith! Everytime I see this sort of thing, I have to remind myself, it's thier gun!

 

[sjstill]

Dunno. I've got a really trashed (pre?)36 flat latch that lived under an old-timer's front seat for years. Coke, coffee and who knows what else was spilled on it. Ate the finish right off. Had to take a rawhide mallet to eject the rounds from the cylinder.

Have alternately thought about sending it back to Smith, or having a local guy bead blast and Duracoat. So far, it has been on the back burner.