Odin
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Post by Odin on Jul 28, 2013 11:50:01 GMT -5
I'm always on the lookout for a good deal/project gun and I recently ran across these. Looks like a bit of honest wear on the Single Six, but the other two don't look intentional in the least. Wondering what would cause this to happen to bluing. Would they have been worth chasing?  |
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Post by bud on Jul 28, 2013 12:04:05 GMT -5
If the price is right, but you'd have to figure in reblue costs and know that any gun that goes through a reblue (other than the custom jobs) are worth less down the road. If you plan on keeping them AND get a steal, I'd sure go for it.
Can't imagine what would do that to a finish. I got a drop of elk blood on a SBH. It was only on it for a few minutes but it ate the blue right down to the shiny stuff. I was eating a P&J sandwich and dropped some J on my shotgun barrel. It also ate the bluing down to steel.
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petep
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Post by petep on Jul 28, 2013 13:52:25 GMT -5
Is there any way to actually find out what happened?I have seen guns damaged like that before that have been in or around a fire.
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Post by Frank V on Jul 28, 2013 16:11:00 GMT -5
I don't know what it'd cost to reblue what do the insides look like, is it timed properly, & lock up tightly?
It'd be a good field gun as is if it does. No worries about the finish taking a beating from hard use.
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Post by 2sheriffs on Jul 28, 2013 17:30:24 GMT -5
Ruger web site shows reblueing for $130.00 plus $30.00 return shipping. Newport, NH factory. 603-865-2442. If it's a New Model, and not anything special, I think I would get somebody local to reblue it.
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Post by 2sheriffs on Jul 28, 2013 17:49:27 GMT -5
I'm a trucker. My wife put my Old Model Flat TOP 357 in by bag and the underwear wasn't completely dry. I lived in Las Vegas, Nevada at the time. I got to LA about six hours later and. it had rust all over it. When I wiped the rust off, the blue came off with it. When I got home I found a good deal on a Model 67 K Frame 38 special stainless. So far she hasn't been able to rust it. It wasn't pitted, the blue jsut wiped off with the rust
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Post by jayhawker on Jul 28, 2013 18:05:11 GMT -5
Looks like fire damage. Was in a fire, was sprayed with fire suppresant.
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Odin
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Post by Odin on Jul 28, 2013 21:03:12 GMT -5
I've been looking at these for a bit now I'm thinking fire damage is quite a possibility.
Jayhawker, your fire+suppressant idea seems completely plausible.
I got wind of these via friend-of-a-friend. Gonna try and see if I can contact the actual seller in hopes of getting some accurate info.
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Post by tomc on Jul 29, 2013 9:59:33 GMT -5
Fire damage was my first thought too.
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Odin
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Post by Odin on Jul 29, 2013 11:50:15 GMT -5
Just heard from the seller. It was indeed a fire.
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Post by jayhawker on Jul 29, 2013 17:35:42 GMT -5
Could be a problem, depending on how hot they got.
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Post by weagle99 on Jul 29, 2013 18:33:29 GMT -5
Could be a problem, depending on how hot they got. This. I would avoid fire damaged guns. |
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Post by Odin on Jul 29, 2013 19:24:29 GMT -5
Could be a problem, depending on how hot they got. Not a game I'd want to play. Ever. |
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Post by brushpopper on Jul 30, 2013 9:50:32 GMT -5
Avoid guns that have been though a fire like the plague! They might be OK, but the metal would have to be tested to know for sure.
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Post by Frank V on Jul 30, 2013 11:19:23 GMT -5
Fire damage could be huge with the hardness of the gun. I wonder, if it's cheap enough, could & would Ruger test the gun & give an all clear or no go.
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