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<blockquote data-quote="NomDeBoom" data-source="post: 3819711" data-attributes="member: 50898"><p>Yup. Them's the Pits, awright!</p><p>It can stem from storing a regular steel gun in a wet pit, or, in this case a soggy basement.</p><p>Poor thing. I have it's stainless bro, the 5906. I call it a 'brick'. It's very heavy by ('modern' standards, anyway)</p><p>even for an all steel pistol. The great news is that these guns are 'tanks', & about as bombproof & reliable as any semi pistol ever made. Mine will feed a mag full of empty casings w/out jamming if I rack 'em in as fast as I can work the slide. It stands a better than most chance of being a survivor of abuse, Id say.</p><p>Ahall has some great advice for it's rehab. Just go slow, piece by part, & ensure that all components, springs, pins etc. are in good shape & well cleaned & oiled. Be sure that the pits on the frame & slide aren't TOO deep</p><p>to cause structural failure (I doubt it). And don't skrimp if something needs replacing. You can rub out any loose rust with the edge of an older copper (pre '82) penny, & touch up w/ cold blue.</p><p>Who knows? You might just have a new favorite plinker/bedside gun there?</p><p>Good luck, & like the other posters said; be safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NomDeBoom, post: 3819711, member: 50898"] Yup. Them's the Pits, awright! It can stem from storing a regular steel gun in a wet pit, or, in this case a soggy basement. Poor thing. I have it's stainless bro, the 5906. I call it a 'brick'. It's very heavy by ('modern' standards, anyway) even for an all steel pistol. The great news is that these guns are 'tanks', & about as bombproof & reliable as any semi pistol ever made. Mine will feed a mag full of empty casings w/out jamming if I rack 'em in as fast as I can work the slide. It stands a better than most chance of being a survivor of abuse, Id say. Ahall has some great advice for it's rehab. Just go slow, piece by part, & ensure that all components, springs, pins etc. are in good shape & well cleaned & oiled. Be sure that the pits on the frame & slide aren't TOO deep to cause structural failure (I doubt it). And don't skrimp if something needs replacing. You can rub out any loose rust with the edge of an older copper (pre '82) penny, & touch up w/ cold blue. Who knows? You might just have a new favorite plinker/bedside gun there? Good luck, & like the other posters said; be safe. [/QUOTE]
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