chet15
Hawkeye
clocks said:Chet 15
Does all this also pertain to a factory gun reblued back in the 70s with a letter or work order?? :roll: :roll:
Leon
I.M.O., even a factory reblue is not a factory original finish....anybody can do it...doesn't matter if the factory did it or not. Is the same to me as somebody plating a gun, engraving a gun, special grips, etc. etc....it is all after-factory. It will never be worth as much as a factory original gun....and the more guns get reblued, the less factory "original" finish guns are out there....so the value of the factory finish guns should be going up, right? Unfortunately, some of you guys are spending huge $ on reblues.
As far as Splits comment above about "Supposition, accusation, rumors and subterfuge, with perhaps other terms applicable. That said, formal libel charges would abound if the accused and the accuser are put into the public domain's spotlight"....Splitz, these revelations have come about because of certain circumstances that have arisen between certain individuals and my notes as well as Ruger's process of manufacture. I.E. One collector sees a specific gun one day with wear, and the next month year or 10 years later it is mint.
What I don't care for is the person who knowingly passes such junk onto the next unknowing collector for profit. It should be an embarrassment to the individual who sells a minty OM for example with bluing salts oozing out of the front sight base (this happened to us when we first got heavy into collecting...no it wasn't us that did the rebluing). And then, these guns get traded so much that in a few years collectors will probably even be giving credence to guns with smeared rollmarks, or blued over rustpits.
Don't get me wrong though, if you guys like 'em, go ahead and keep buying them. I'm no dog in the hunt.
Chet15