Arms, Armor and Militaria Online

Poor. Bore is Dark with some dust and debris throughout, a deep brown patina, and some traces of oxidation. Nickel finish is thinning overall with flaking to the barrel and frame flanks, and on the cylinder above each chamber. Some light pitting visible around the forcing cone, muzzle, rear of the barrel flutes, and below the latch. Item shows gray patina with brown mottling to the losses. Triggerguard and trigger are dominated by a brown patina. Grips show loss of fine details and smoothing of checkering in addition to handling scratches and mars. The cylinder retaining threads are weak with the ejector forcing the cylinder back. Ejector is slow to retract. Action times on each chamber, but the lockup is loose, and the trigger becomes stuck on two chambers and must be manually reset.

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