You could have filled those gouges from the mill accident with bondo and just spray painted the gun black.
You could have filled those gouges from the mill accident with bondo and just spray painted the gun black.
Did you look inside the barrel to make sure that there is no "over-penetration" from the TIG welding?
That would be bad....KA-BOOM!
Congrats on a good looking job. Anxious for range report.
MY first thought after the gasp was that you had the basis of a really original engraving job!
In all honesty, though, you have done an incredible job of work! If you don't tell about the 'issues' no one will ever notice it. Thanks for sharing your labor of love with us.
Olskool wrote:
Great Job!
Bill, make the front sight out of a 1917 dime, cut and shaped properly.
Collects wrote:
Bill, I apologize; I posted before I finishing reading the thread. Of course you would not change the perfect sight you installed. What a fantastic job you did of bringing a great old dead warhorse back to life! Congratulations. Thanks for showing us your project, and for the fascinating and detailed description of the entire project.
Bill,
30 or 40 years from now, some collectors will look at that gun and try to decide if the barrel is the original length from the factory. I can hear the discussion:
"Is the front sight soldered on?" "No, it looks like it was forged with the barrel." "The s/n matches too, it must be an original." "Yeah, it's refinished but still a rare model."
...the mill bit danced all down the right side of the barrel putting deep multiple cuts in it and took out a chunk of the receiver where the barrel screws in too! Needless to say I was sickened to see that happen.
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Snubbyfan wrote:
Been following this thread and I'm also looking forward to the range report. Good job bringing that gun back to life.
Bill, one thing is for sure, no one can accuse you of not being brutally honest with your thread.![]()
Having been around a milling machine a time or two, I can only imagine what you had to say - and I have been having a good chuckle at your expense, but only on the old theory that, "But for the grace of God, there go I."
This has been enjoyable. Keep us posted as the finish work and range testing proceed.
I too have the same problem. From neglect, I have rusted my revolver from storing it in a dark closet and had been forgotten for years of not inspecting it. To top it off, there was wet area where the revolver was being stored, and so got rusted out on the cylinder.
First of all, what do I clean it with to get rid of the rust. Second, the cylinder won't open when I try to unlock the cylinder.
I will give more info and a pic to show you what this revolver looks like.
Bye for now.