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About 20 years ago a guy came into my shop with a paper bag. Inside it he had this revolver and another similar model in stainless...both were completely disassembled. If it came apart he'd taken it apart. He claimed all the parts for both guns were in the bag, said he was just trying to figure out how they worked but couldn't get them back together. He said he'd been reading about how some guy from the 50s or 60s liked to remove the trigger guard on his revolvers to make for a faster first shot. He wanted to know if I could reassemble the guns and how much I'd charge to do that.
I told him I'd reassemble the stainless gun but I wasn't going to reassemble the 442 because he'd removed the trigger guard. I didn't want him to shoot himself or someone else then blame me for giving the reassembled gun back to him. I told him I'd reassemble the other gun and the price was $50. He looked very indignant and said, "You're gonna charge me $50 just to put a gun back together?" Nope...I told him I was charging him $10 to reassemble the gun and $40 because I knew how.
He wasn't really happy but apparently wanted his gun back together. We made a deal...if all the parts for the 442 were, in fact, in the bag I'd take the gun in trade for putting the other gun back together. So, that's how I came to have this mangled revolver. It works fine...I've just held on to it for all this time because I don't feel comfortable selling it in this condition.
I've considered taking it to someone who can Tig a piece of aluminum in place and shaping it myself but don't really want to put that much $$ into it.
I told him I'd reassemble the stainless gun but I wasn't going to reassemble the 442 because he'd removed the trigger guard. I didn't want him to shoot himself or someone else then blame me for giving the reassembled gun back to him. I told him I'd reassemble the other gun and the price was $50. He looked very indignant and said, "You're gonna charge me $50 just to put a gun back together?" Nope...I told him I was charging him $10 to reassemble the gun and $40 because I knew how.
He wasn't really happy but apparently wanted his gun back together. We made a deal...if all the parts for the 442 were, in fact, in the bag I'd take the gun in trade for putting the other gun back together. So, that's how I came to have this mangled revolver. It works fine...I've just held on to it for all this time because I don't feel comfortable selling it in this condition.
I've considered taking it to someone who can Tig a piece of aluminum in place and shaping it myself but don't really want to put that much $$ into it.