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  • Mongo59

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    I made another sympathy buy the other day. I found a WTF-chester model 62 that looks like they cannibalized a 1950's bedroom suite before neglecting it into a rust bucket.

    When I say furniture I literally mean furniture, big, bulky blonde maple foolishness.

    The internals were in good shape so I traded a perfectly good High Standard revolver simply to pull it back out of the abyss.

    The only thing I can't fix is someone tapped the side of a top ejecting receiver for a scope. The fact they covered the metal with varnish allowing rust to take hold in relative safety is another head shaker.

    I revived all the metal in a single rainy day, now I just have to wait for the new wood to show up.

    We all say, "if guns could talk", well, this one would be cringing in the corner mumbling to itself, "happy place, happy place..."
     

    Hookeye

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    I gave up restoring guns and bows.
    Made em look way better, fixed problems.........and pretty much was lucky to get what I initially paid for.
    Done donating my time and energy.

    If that's what others like to do, so be it.
    Yup I was a slow learner. But I learned.

    That it aint for me any more.
     

    76Too

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    I gave up restoring guns and bows.
    Made em look way better, fixed problems.........and pretty much was lucky to get what I initially paid for.
    Done donating my time and energy.

    If that's what others like to do, so be it.
    Yup I was a slow learner. But I learned.

    That it aint for me any more.

    Same here...only way i'll do it is if it's something I want to keep. Last one I did was a Berlin Argentine Mauser from 1891 and by the time I was done, it would have cost less to just buy one that no one had mucked up. It was the kids grampa's and he really like what I did to it...but just not worth the time/stress wondering if everythings going to comeout 'ok enough' to satisfy the (new) owner.

    The climate is REALLY poor for sales right now too. It'll change back around again eventually, but having a relatively pro 2A administration isn't like having a socialist in the white house, that's for sure!
     

    indykid

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    Thanks Mongo! I actually said OMG out loud when I saw that barrel.

    Looks fairly nice (always hard to tell in a photo) in your after picture!
     

    Mongo59

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    It did have the correct butt plate with varnish all over it (you can see it in the after photo), I'm not sure if will be savable or not.

    This is therapy, not income. The way to make a small fortune in firearms is to start with a large fortune...
     

    Sniper 79

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    I won't fix guns either. I've done a few. Had to keep and shoot them a couple years so I felt better breaking even. It is fun and I really enjoy it.
     

    rob63

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    I am currently working on a Dutch Mannlicher rifle that somebody had covered the metal in varnish over a black paint. Strangely, as I am getting it off, the original bluing is still at about 75-80%. I am at a loss to explain why someone did that.
     

    MrSmitty

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    Still cool to bring a gun back to life, I refinished an old Squires-Bingham, lost money, but it looked way better after, just not worth anything....
     
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    Mongo59

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    Found the correct fore grip. Plan to go to the gun show in Ferdinand Saturday, there is a guy there that has warehouses full of gun parts. He usually brings a bunch of furniture and if he doesn't have one with him he could probably find one...
     
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