Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 3, 2015 18:48:55 GMT -5
Saved this one from a pawn shop today. I need to get it cleaned up but the finish is GAWN!!  |
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Post by whitworth on Nov 4, 2015 8:37:11 GMT -5
That poor thing is rough! But with some TLC...... Can't wait to see it when it gets a makeover!
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 4, 2015 8:52:55 GMT -5
Yea it is rough.
Time will tell how it turns out.
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Post by bradshaw on Nov 4, 2015 9:14:57 GMT -5
Joe S.... beautiful Super Blackhawk. Should it look as antiqued after cleaning as it appears in your photo, and providing the bore is good and shoots straight, you might as well leave it be. I would. And have it as a shooter. Which all my guns are.
David Bradshaw
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Post by bulasteve on Nov 4, 2015 12:28:13 GMT -5
Wish it could talk ! Wonder if well cared for, and often carried, or rode hard and put away wet 2-3 times. Good save. Rescueing Rugers much more noble than rescueing..I'm not going there.
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dmize
.401 Bobcat
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Post by dmize on Nov 4, 2015 17:23:09 GMT -5
I don't know what it looked like when you started but outside of the aluminum erh that thing looks like it has been in a fire.
That's the only thing I have seen completely destroy the finish on the whole gun.
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 4, 2015 17:29:06 GMT -5
It looked like that. But the gun is not pitted except in one spot and all springs are good. Under the rust that was under the grips still had good bluing and the old pachmyers were not melted or anything. I guess its possible it was rebuilt but also possible someone spilled vinegar on it...
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Odin
.327 Meteor
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Post by Odin on Nov 4, 2015 22:11:47 GMT -5
...that thing looks like it has been in a fire.... +1 I've seen a couple of Blackhawks that looked similar and the culprit was indeed fire. Considering what heat - and the subsequent firehose quenching - can do to heat treated metal, I kept my wallet in my pocket. Like the one pictured, the grips looked completely fine on both guns. No discoloration or blemishes whatsoever. I'd be curious to know what happened to yours, Joe. |
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 4, 2015 22:32:18 GMT -5
Guess i'll find out when i shoot it. Maybe i'll start light and work my way up...
But i just dont thinknit's fire. I've seen fire guns... This dont look the same. But i been wrong before.
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 5, 2015 18:52:19 GMT -5
Well i shot it 6 times. 4 specials and 2 magnums and it didn't blow up so i'm happy about that. Ha
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Post by bradshaw on Nov 5, 2015 19:48:47 GMT -5
Fire evidence shows up in various ways. Heat exposure could be minor, but with water destroy the finish. Small springs may lose their temper, while the mainspring remains strong, or barely weaker. Plastic sight inserts or parts of course collapse fast. If all the small springs are sound, check carefully for signs of replacement. Any hint means the cylinder should be Rockwelled.
I remember a 94 Winchester which had been through a house fire. Someone had carved a buttock and for end for it. The carbine was brought to my friend Ed Verge with a request to replace the springs, all of which were dead as nail metal. The barrel had a bit of rotary warping, as though the rifling may have influenced the warp. Verge had been a fireman earlier in life, but didn't need that experience to know the carbine must not be fired.
A close look at the bore may help.
David Bradshaw
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Paden
.375 Atomic
Lower Goldstream Creek
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Post by Paden on Nov 5, 2015 20:34:15 GMT -5
I remember a 94 Winchester which had been through a house fire. Someone had carved a buttock and for end for it. The carbine was brought to my friend Ed Verge with a request to replace the springs, all of which were dead as nail metal. The barrel had a bit of rotary warping, as though the rifling may have influenced the warp. Verge had been a fireman earlier in life, but didn't need that experience to know the carbine must not be fired. Sounds like a rifle fully worthy of a carved buttock!  |
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 5, 2015 21:22:05 GMT -5
The rifling looks good to me. Nice and shiny just looking down the bore. I dont have a bore scope.
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
Posts: 2,517
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Post by Joe S. on Nov 6, 2015 19:30:08 GMT -5
 Thanks to a generous forum member on RF i got a beat set of grips. They are PERFECT!! |
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jonjon
.240 Incinerator
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Post by jonjon on Nov 25, 2015 12:08:48 GMT -5
Looks beautiful. Got a lot of "character".
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