357 Blackhawk before and after
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JMD101
Single-Sixer
Very nice,
Yes they did.
needsmostuff
Blackhawk
How does the converted action feel? I've heard they have gotten better.
Now THAT is a big improvement, so finish it up and repaint the black in the grip medallions, job done!! ....looking GOOD
....looking GOOD
What did they charge for the reblue??
$175. The lady called me at 9:20 Monday morning and gave me the price and asked me if I wanted it blued.I said I thought it was $130, that’s what’s on your website. She said that’s + labor, so I told her to blue it. At around 2pm I got a email saying it was shipping out. Fed Ex delivered it Wednesday.They had it nearly a month.
How would be the best way to do that, get a small brush at a hobby store and touch them up?Now THAT is a big improvement, so finish it up and repaint the black in the grip medallions, job done!!
That would be a good way. I just wonder if one of those fine tip paint markers at Walmart would be small enough to get in there.
Of course that’s + shipping on my end to ship it to them.
A local guy around here wanted $300 to blue a revolver
Nice
bigbillyboy
Hunter
Very nice , you just made a good investment .
LDB
Blackhawk
That is REALLY sharp looking. And I don't have any clue on costs but that seems reasonable to get it looking that good.
Dabbing by brush or toothpick leaves a texture unlike the smooth enamel original. And many times the repair paint does not match the original color, sometimes by shade or sometimes by gloss. I doubt Walmart will be an improvement. Why not just look for another set of grips with nice neck feather medallions?
I’ll have to look and seeDid they put any mark or stamp on it to designate it as factory re-blued? Looks sweet.
Vast improvement…money well spent in my opinion.
Thank you
usually when you thin out the black paint, it will flow a bit better, more even and we used a light bulb to speed up the drying over night,( the heat from the bulb also kind of shrinks the paint into place, and do not dab at it, you will make it splotchy, we've NEVER used a brush in the 60 years we touched them up, as noted above , "gravity" does it all the time........
as I recall back in 1949-50, Alex Sturm, hand painted every red eagle medallion
as I recall back in 1949-50, Alex Sturm, hand painted every red eagle medallion
Very nice. Just updated its description on Bob's List. 
??Very nice. Just updated its description on Bob's List.
Bob Campbell was a long-time serious collector of Old Model .357 Blackhawks. Attending a lot of shows, he noticed that he saw a lot of the guns that had been altered at one time or another, so he began to keep a list of the evolution of the guns from one owner to the next. I assisted him a little with the format and maintenance of The List for several years, and when he tired of the whole thing I agreed to continue maintaining it. As Bob had done, I scour the gun websites and shows and record any of the oldies I see. There are now over 3600 OM’s on The List, including the 30- and 31- later versions. We only keep the serial number, variation/model number, barrel length, any condition notes applicable, and ship date if available . . . we never keep any names or other personal data at all, never. It remains Bob Campbell’s List of Ruger .357 Old Models.
When you were getting 85391 rounded up a week or so ago, I added it to The List. I have just added a comment that it has been converted and factory reblued. Great-looking piece, likely shipped in November of 1966 along with a whole bunch of similar guns.
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