a spiffy find

Seburiel · Post by **Seburiel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:55 pm

I was perusing one of the local gunshops in San Antonio today, and came upon this:

US Revolver Co. 38S&W break-top revolver ($30)
It's in fine working order, but was corroded as hell when I got it (it was an interesting shade of dark-brown all over.
After 3 hours of scour, now it looks like this: (sorry for no before photos)

and one of these handsome gentlemen is Clint Howard... the other one is me - guess which is which.

not too bad. I'm going to take it to the range tomorrow and put 50 rnds through it and see what I can come up with.
I've always wanted a break-top revolver, and now I have one!

and one of these handsome gentlement is Clint Howard, the other one is me - guess who is who...

TIN BENDER · Post by **TIN BENDER** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:29 pm

! THAT IS A BEAUTY ! CONGRATS.

Thanks for sharing with us.

nuparadigm · Post by **nuparadigm** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:22 pm

I LIKE it.

govnor · Post by **govnor** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:14 pm

Amazing what some elbow grease will do.

Clint Howard eh? That guy's been in a ton of movies...

mr surveyor · Post by **mr surveyor** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:58 pm

oooohhhhhhh....

you just removed a thousand dollars worth of "patina" from that fine piece of hardware....

govnor · Post by **govnor** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:51 pm

mr surveyor wrote:oooohhhhhhh....

you just removed a thousand dollars worth of "patina" from that fine piece of hardware....

Uh oh. Is that one of those "antique" items that you're supposed to keep in pristine condition with no refinishing?

Seburiel · Post by **Seburiel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:17 pm

That 'patina' as you call it weren't nothing but plain ol' rust...
I love an antique pistol as much as the next man, but my money would have been wasted if I let it rot away? ;)

Besides, I much prefer to be able to use it. Not one fer just look'n at it.
The actual patina is very much in tact (if that's what you call those dark gray spots that you can't remove with solvent.

mr surveyor · Post by **mr surveyor** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:18 pm

sorry... must have been a flash back.... when I'm not "alert", my wife often changes the channel to the H&G network, or the "antique roadshow". Sometimes I have these words and phrases subliminarily stuck in my head like "patina", "whimsy", "window treatments"........

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhh

anyway, nice looking revolver. The .38 S&W ain't always readily available ammo, but for a collectable piece like that the ammo isn't really a major issue.... oh... but now it ain't as collectable without the patina....

rinse and repeat

(just jerking yer chain

)

phddan · Post by **phddan** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:18 pm

Some people just have a knack for finding good deals. My grandpa was one of them. Me, I cant find a good deal at good will.

Nice find.

Clint on the left, right?

Dan

Seburiel · Post by **Seburiel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:36 pm

phddan wrote:Clint on the left, right?
Dan

Heh.... errr... yes? ;)

govnor · Post by **govnor** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:46 pm

Seburiel wrote:That 'patina' as you call it weren't nothing but plain ol' rust...
I love an antique pistol as much as the next man, but my money would have been wasted if I let it rot away? ;)

Besides, I much prefer to be able to use it. Not one fer just look'n at it.
The actual patina is very much in tact (if that's what you call those dark gray spots that you can't remove with solvent.

I think it looks better nice and shiny...