picked up some revolvers

deerstalkert · Monday at 7:50 PM

My 92 year old step brother is an inveterate yard sale comber.
this week end he bought two BP revolvers that the sellers deceased husband had left in a box is various states of disarray. I quickly gave him a generous profit and have them to keep me occupied whilst the wife recovers from hip replacement surgery.
I told her she should have waited and had the DR. use the Uberti Walker i got for a super sturdy hip joint. she just looked at me.
the walker is mostly all here with possibly some internal parts missing. I haven't really been able to inventory every thing yet.
the 1858 Pietta Remington is missing the right grip, but seems to be some of the internals here.
I have never had much use for BP revolvers but have wanted a Remington 1858 for a while.
Have owned two Walkers for some years one of which is a CVA marked piece. These pieces are in good cosmetic condition so i will get them back to shooting.
by the way, my step brother paid the woman 20.00 for the guns and a brand new holster. Marked with a K on the back.
you can bet the farm i had to pay considerably more for them!
PS. who is the pistol dr. on here? I may not have time or energy to fix them and may want them done for me.

Phil Coffins · Tuesday at 9:28 AM

No pictures? Are you new here?

wiscoaster · Tuesday at 10:18 AM

I like to scrounge at yard sales, too, and often I'll ask if they have any "old guns" for sale, especially if it's an estate sale, but around here I've never got answered "yes" and most of the time their "no" answer is accompanied by a dirty look.

deerstalkert · Tuesday at 12:26 PM

Phil Coffins said:
No pictures? Are you new here?

not new here by any count, but have a new phone/camera and it is exceedingly more smarter than this old man. still attempting to learn to transfer pictures to this laptop. should have it figured out sometime before Christmas!

here they are soaking the bores and such with ballistol. wife just had a hip replacement and it will be a while before i figure out what all i have in parts.

Sam squanch · Tuesday at 1:27 PM

wiscoaster said:
I like to scrounge at yard sales, too, and often I'll ask if they have any "old guns" for sale, especially if it's an estate sale, but around here I've never got answered "yes" and most of the time their "no" answer is accompanied by a dirty look.

They think you will break in to get them. I asked at one sale , 10 minutes later I was pulled over and asked a bunch of questions. Can’t blame people at all for being suspicious these days.

smoothshooter · Tuesday at 4:02 PM

deerstalkert said:
My 92 year old step brother is an inveterate yard sale comber.
this week end he bought two BP revolvers that the sellers deceased husband had left in a box is various states of disarray. I quickly gave him a generous profit and have them to keep me occupied whilst the wife recovers from hip replacement surgery.
I told her she should have waited and had the DR. use the Uberti Walker i got for a super sturdy hip joint. she just looked at me.
the walker is mostly all here with possibly some internal parts missing. I haven't really been able to inventory every thing yet.
the 1858 Pietta Remington is missing the right grip, but seems to be some of the internals here.
I have never had much use for BP revolvers but have wanted a Remington 1858 for a while.
Have owned two Walkers for some years one of which is a CVA marked piece. These pieces are in good cosmetic condition so i will get them back to shooting.
by the way, my step brother paid the woman 20.00 for the guns and a brand new holster. Marked with a K on the back.
you can bet the farm i had to pay considerably more for them!
PS. who is the pistol dr. on here? I may not have time or energy to fix them and may want them done for me.

It has always been a source of wonderment to me how so many people take a gun apart and somehow never put it back together, or at least keep all the parts together so it can be reassembled at a later date.
Carelessness?
BTW, I am not referring to the OP.

Jappo · Tuesday at 4:31 PM

I've asked at garage sales and wasn't surprised when they say yes, but , its an old one or a bunch of pats. I can't remember how many basket cases I've bought. Had an old guy give me a double barrel shotgun break over with external hammers. Right side spring was broken. A little wobbly. Took it apart, cleaned it and made a spring. Turned the locking pin over. I shoot brass hulls loaded with black powder out of it.

Bad Karma · Tuesday at 4:42 PM

deerstalkert said:
not new here by any count, but have a new phone/camera and it is exceedingly more smarter than this old man. still attempting to learn to transfer pictures to this laptop. should have it figured out sometime before Christmas! here they are soaking the bores and such with ballistol. wife just had a hip replacement and it will be a while before i figure out what all i have in parts.

Love the signature line. My dad used to say that all the time…

nick_1 · Wednesday at 7:36 AM

its a well known fact that some guys are good at pulling a perfectly good truck into the shop and making certain it never runs again

Capnball · Wednesday at 8:10 AM

nick_1 said:
its a well known fact that some guys are good at pulling a perfectly good truck into the shop and making certain it never runs again

Got neighbor like that. I think he likes setting up a job more then he like finishing it. Gets the car up on Jack stands, pulls all the parts off, starts cleaning and spray painting everything on the car he's not replacing them the car sits like that for a month or two. Drives out HOA crazy.

deerstalkert · Wednesday at 12:41 PM

smoothshooter said:
It has always been a source of wonderment to me how so many people take a gun apart and somehow never put it back together, or at least keep all the parts together so it can be reassembled at a later date.
Carelessness?
BTW, I am not referring to the OP.

you didn't need to post the disclaimer

I can remember some time in the last three quarter century, being guilty of that. I had a 94 winchester in 32-40 lay on my various work benches for a total of 20 years before being restored. also the first Ruger standard pistol i ever took down. 55 years later i may still have parts to that one in a drawer!

Bad Karma · Wednesday at 7:45 PM

deerstalkert said:
you didn't need to post the disclaimer I can remember some time in the last three quarter century, being guilty of that. I had a 94 winchester in 32-40 lay on my various work benches for a total of 20 years before being restored. also the first Ruger standard pistol i ever took down. 55 years later i may still have parts to that one in a drawer!

In the case of the Ruger Mark I it’s really kind of understandable…

bpd303 · Wednesday at 8:24 PM

deerstalkert said:
learn to transfer pictures to this laptop.

I just send them to one of my email's then save them in a folder on the desk top and move them when needed.
When I take any gun apart that I'm not thoroughly familiar with, I take pictures while disassembling it and have no trouble putting it back together.

deerstalkert · Wednesday at 11:48 PM

bpd303 said:
I just send them to one of my email's then save them in a folder on the desk top and move them when needed.
When I take any gun apart that I'm not thoroughly familiar with, I take pictures while disassembling it and have no trouble putting it back together.

yeah, I used to do the same with the old phone. this one is 16 generations ahead of the old one.
I am 32 generations behind the current one!

I have both pistols stripped down and soaking in atf and diesel to mitigate the rust. it was weird, all the rust was internal and there it just wiped off parts like the loading rod, the color case showed up smooth and clear!.
I also discovered small parts for a third pistol. need to send my step brother back to that yard sale.

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