All,
New member here - excited to be on board. I have a .22 Smith and Wesson revolver that an older gentlemen gave me as payment consideration on a car. The gentlemen bought the gun new several years ago but did not take care of it. When I got it it had rust on it that had pitted into the gun in a few spots and thin finish in others from living many years in a holster without being cared for. The finish of the trigger and hammer also suffer The gun shoots fantastic but it is a nightmare to care far in terms of preventing additional rust and at the end of the day call it a personality flaw I don't like having a gun in this condition in my safe. I'm trying to teachmy kids to shoot and the constant maintenance this gun requires doesn't make it the best for the task.
I wanted to get the gun re-blued and give it the best restoration that I could. I'm thinking this gun has value and if so I don't want to do something detrimental to it. If that's the case it may be better to sell to a collector and get something more suited to the task.Looking for some good advice from experts on what to do. Serial number is K 1689xx
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New member here - excited to be on board. I have a .22 Smith and Wesson revolver that an older gentlemen gave me as payment consideration on a car. The gentlemen bought the gun new several years ago but did not take care of it. When I got it it had rust on it that had pitted into the gun in a few spots and thin finish in others from living many years in a holster without being cared for. The finish of the trigger and hammer also suffer The gun shoots fantastic but it is a nightmare to care far in terms of preventing additional rust and at the end of the day call it a personality flaw I don't like having a gun in this condition in my safe. I'm trying to teachmy kids to shoot and the constant maintenance this gun requires doesn't make it the best for the task.
I wanted to get the gun re-blued and give it the best restoration that I could. I'm thinking this gun has value and if so I don't want to do something detrimental to it. If that's the case it may be better to sell to a collector and get something more suited to the task.Looking for some good advice from experts on what to do. Serial number is K 1689xx
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