Wow! Good thing he didn't need it or that could've been a horrible situation. That story actually reminded me of something.
We had a family friend way back who was a cop, he was telling a story (I forget the details exactly, had something to do with drawing his duty weapon) and my cousin told...
Should be fairly easy to clean up, you can fit an aftermarket SP101 sight to it but you'll have to drill it.
I would ask RoninPA about the endshake, both my Security and Speed Six have excellent lock up and timing so I can't really offer any advice on that one. The only thing I would think...
Yeah the pitting is just depressing 🤣
Like how could someone let it get to that point ya know?
The site I got it from has a lot of old revolvers in bad shape like that, some worse than others, some are in really good shape too. I've seen a few with what appears to be case numbers etched into...
That's actually not a bad idea, I know it's not rare or anything but I still want it to look as nice as possible. I plan on carrying it so I'm not worried about scratches or wear or anything, just want to prevent the pitting from getting worse and make it somewhat presentable.
That is really sad, I've heard of the Old Army but never seen one.
I'm still not sure how to go about this one, I cleaned it up further and it looks a little better but it's about as far as I can take it with scotch brite and solvent. Maybe a different grit scotch brite will help.
I even broke...