Modified Restoration
I put my question in the wrong forum to begin with. Let's try again! I enjoy buying old revolvers in bad condition and restoring them to beauty, albeit perhaps not original beauty. Example: an old U. S. Revolver .38 in rough condition. I plan to replate nickel and handcarve african podouk wooden grips, with perhaps an ivory inlay. This will probably be a wall hanger since I'm not a gunsmith, and I would furnish the original rubber grips should the purchaser wish to use them. My question is, is this acceptable and marketable or would I be ruining something that is in otherwise poor condition? Any opinions are greatly appreciated!
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Well, I guess it would depend on the model of gun you did this to. If it was done to a gun that has significant historical value then yea even in poor condition there are "certain" guns that will retain a collector value. Just make sure of the gun you are doing this to, that's about all I can say. If it's just a run of the mill older gun that was common then you're probably safe.
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I would be "very careful " as to how i altered any firearm. I can remember back to the good old days when you could walk into most any gun shop. and many retail stores and find 1903-a1 ,enfeilds and many other surplus arms stacked in cardboard barrels. Your choise at $15. ea. they were so commion people bought them to make floor lamps out of them. true many were converted into fine sporting rifles.
but almost all are now hard to find in orginal . and cost much more then they are worth as floor lamps or sporting rifles. [B)]0
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