Arms, Armor & Militaria Online

Good as Refinished. Bore is Frosty with patina throughout and some shallow pits in the grooves. The barrel finish shows patches of brown patina on the flanks with buffing marks through the bluing from aggressive cleaning over the barrel marks. Frame shows some rounded edges indicative of buffing, and some buffing scratches overall. Patches of brown patina forming on the gripstraps, loading gate, and rear frame. Hamer finish shows a mottled gray to brown darkening toward the spur. Cylinder has some rounding to the stops, and a continuous deep drag line. The cylinder pin head is deformed, and multiple screw heads are deformed from removal and reinstallation. Grips show some scattered handling mars with some light dents along the edges of the butt. Action times and indexes, but the shallow cylinder stops fail to prevent rotation on full lockup rendering it unsafe to fire.

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