Arms, Armor and Militaria Online

Good. Bore is mostly bright with strong rifling and some oxidation and frosting, mostly near the muzzle. Metal shows the results of poor storage with most of the bright nickel having oxidized to a dull milky gray appearance that resembled bead blasted steel and with fairly evenly distributed surface roughness from the oxidation. The metal may clean up with some effort, and some areas of bright nickel remain where the metal was protected, like a line of bright the cylinder where it was protected by the topstrap and some areas of bright on the barrel and backstrap where there was minimal exposure to what was likely a salt air environment. Mechanically functional, grips fine with minimal light handling marks.

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