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Rebel727: Isn't that the gun you left down along the creek a couple of years ago? You remember don't you? It was that time you actually caught a real fish down there and you were so excited that you ran half way back to camp before you remembered that you dropped your Remmi?
Just funnin with ye. :grin:
Given enough time, penetrating oil, Navel Jelly and profanity (and a mainspring), it probably could be made to shoot but it might be dangerous.
The wall thickness between the chambers and between the chambers and the outside of the cylinder isn't very thick and if the rust has dissolved much of it there is a fair chance that the cylinder might explode.
That pistol by the way is a Remington 1858 Beals Army Model (or a reproduction of one).
Notice that the frame comes clear back to the face of the cylinder.
zonie
Just funnin with ye. :grin:
Given enough time, penetrating oil, Navel Jelly and profanity (and a mainspring), it probably could be made to shoot but it might be dangerous.
The wall thickness between the chambers and between the chambers and the outside of the cylinder isn't very thick and if the rust has dissolved much of it there is a fair chance that the cylinder might explode.
That pistol by the way is a Remington 1858 Beals Army Model (or a reproduction of one).
Notice that the frame comes clear back to the face of the cylinder.
zonie
Zonie said:Rebel727: Isn't that the gun you left down along the creek a couple of years ago? You remember don't you? It was that time you actually caught a real fish down there and you were so excited that you ran half way back to camp before you remembered that you dropped your Remmi?
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Oh yeah, I remember that fish. It was so big I'm still eatin on it. :rotf:
Actually the gun is my old Rigarmi. It was already lookin pretty skundgy and really looked funny with a brand new blued loading lever so I decided to age it a lil bit. Almost done with it.
Looks like it was recovered from from the USS Monitor :grin: What did you hit it with? Chlorine?
I would not be afraid to fire it, assuming it doesn't look that internally.
Looks real good, and would fool even myself!
I would not be afraid to fire it, assuming it doesn't look that internally.
Looks real good, and would fool even myself!
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Thats the pistol that they pulled out of the James
Town Well. :shocked2:
Have you got a sand blaster?
And some nice walnut grips,good to go.
Town Well. :shocked2:
Have you got a sand blaster?
And some nice walnut grips,good to go.
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It do look old. I got an 1875 Remington clone that was a little cleaner than that. Mechanics were perfect but the pistol was probably dropped because the ejector was broken. It's in 45 Colt and shoots great. Need to be in sun light to make out the markings on the barrel
Mule Brain said:
I used a mixture of vinegar and salt and let it sit a couple of days. I took all the internals out first and tried not to get any spray inside it. Also gave the chambers and bore a good coat of bore butter. Buffed most of the rust off with steel wool. I probably should have let it sit a couple of more days, I think it would have darkened the metal more but from the way it looked I thought I had gone too far already. I've still got some cleaning to do around the nipples but I'm going to take it out and shoot it some today and see if that will help take some of it off(it's just surface rust)other than that I think I'll leave it as is and use it and let nature take it's course from here.
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rebel727 said:
Might fire rubber bands stretched over the muzzle and hammer spur. :hmm:
I am sure it looked like a 300 dollar gun before, and now it looks closer to a 1000 dollar gun :thumbsup:
What is the ratio of salt vinegar mixture? How long did it take to get this amount of corrosion?
Would be interesting to use Electrolysis to remove the rust, then hit it with a wire wheel!
Great fun!
What is the ratio of salt vinegar mixture? How long did it take to get this amount of corrosion?
Would be interesting to use Electrolysis to remove the rust, then hit it with a wire wheel!
Great fun!
Mule Brain said:
Actually it looked like a 25.00 gun
Mule Brain said:
No real ratio, I just dumped salt in till it quit disolving and sprayed it on. I did recoat it once but I don't think it needed it. I let it sit two days.
Mule Brain said:
That would pretty much make it look like a gun with no bluing and if you looked close you could still see where I defarbed it. It does have a few small rust pits but they didn't come from the salt mix, they were already there. I was hoping it would come out pitted and then I would have buffed it off with a wire wheel and removed all the rust. I have an old Colt that was done like that but it came by it's pits honestly....... kinda/sorta.
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That's not that new one you just bought is it? :shake:
It looks like it was recovered off a Civil War battlefield somewhere! :hmm:
So you didn't go and blow yur thumb off with that antique when you shot it did you? :rotf:
Seriously, any performance issues after the aging?
The aging really worked well,just need to dink up the handle grips a little now! I guarantee the next time you go to the range someone's going to ask, Wow how old is that one? :rotf: :rotf:
It looks like it was recovered off a Civil War battlefield somewhere! :hmm:
So you didn't go and blow yur thumb off with that antique when you shot it did you? :rotf:
Seriously, any performance issues after the aging?
The aging really worked well,just need to dink up the handle grips a little now! I guarantee the next time you go to the range someone's going to ask, Wow how old is that one? :rotf: :rotf:
50cal.cliff said:
No that was a 60 Colt I just bought. I do have a new looking 58 I bought here a couple of months ago. Don't have the heart to mess up a nice looking gun. That one is an old Rigarmi I bought back when I was 12 and been throu hell and high water...literally. it could have passed for an antique as was except I wanted to defarb it and it has a new loading lever, looked really funny. The grips do have a few lil dings in them. I didn't want to go overboard with them. I just buffed off the clear which was already well worn to give them a little older look. It still shoots good. I think I'm going to have to stay on top of it to keep it from rusting too much after treating it with salt but I think it's going to get better with age so not going to try to neutralize it at this point. I'd like it to get an even coating of smooth brown surface rust. I may take it to a SASS match some day if I ever get all my ducks in a row where I can, that'll be the closest I ever get to a range.
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looks good to me ,great job , :thumbsup:
50cal.cliff
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Cool, it really looks good just giving you a hard time. I know what you are talking about with the salt. My wife was having trouble with a tooth and got to using a saltwater rinse. The salt residue, even though she was rinsing the sink, finally eat throught the chrome on the sinks tailpiece and stopper, and haven't been able to stop it. Salt can be very corrosive. They make a product that is suppose to neutralize it if I can remember it, I will let you know! :wink:
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Beautiful,beautiful.
I love it.
I love it.
