Got the Parts
The barrel and cylinder for my Model 14 came yesterday.
They're rough. The bbl looks like it was dropped and someone tried to buff out the nicks (right side, near the muzzle). The cylinder is in near new shape. Blueing is good and there's not even much of a drag line. BUT IT'S NOT FROM A 14! The model 14 had a high-gloss blue and this thing looks like it went from the lathe to the blueing tank. Maybe a model 15 or a 10.
So I'm asking for opinions. I'm going to have paid about $500 for a $200 gun when the thing is assembled. I don't care about that, it's often the case with project guns. It doesn't hurt as much when you pay for it in small increments. The problem is that it's gonna look like ass.
I'm going to have it refinished sometime in the future and I'd like it glossy blue. Although parkerizing isn't out of the question, I suppose.
Will I save a significant amount of money on blueing if I polish the cylinder and bbl myself? I'll have help from my Pop on keeping lettering sharp and such. And I'm obviously not worried about resale value, so what're y'all's thoughts....?
They're rough. The bbl looks like it was dropped and someone tried to buff out the nicks (right side, near the muzzle). The cylinder is in near new shape. Blueing is good and there's not even much of a drag line. BUT IT'S NOT FROM A 14! The model 14 had a high-gloss blue and this thing looks like it went from the lathe to the blueing tank. Maybe a model 15 or a 10.
So I'm asking for opinions. I'm going to have paid about $500 for a $200 gun when the thing is assembled. I don't care about that, it's often the case with project guns. It doesn't hurt as much when you pay for it in small increments. The problem is that it's gonna look like ass.
I'm going to have it refinished sometime in the future and I'd like it glossy blue. Although parkerizing isn't out of the question, I suppose.
Will I save a significant amount of money on blueing if I polish the cylinder and bbl myself? I'll have help from my Pop on keeping lettering sharp and such. And I'm obviously not worried about resale value, so what're y'all's thoughts....?
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Obviously it will depend on the refinisher if you will save any money as some may just have a standard price per job.
I would be more concerned with getting the parts that you paid for. If you were having custom work done by a master and he assigned an apprentice to do it, I would expect a reduction in cost.0 -
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
Obviously it will depend on the refinisher if you will save any money as some may just have a standard price per job.
I would be more concerned with getting the parts that you paid for. If you were having custom work done by a master and he assigned an apprentice to do it, I would expect a reduction in cost.
I knew I could count on you.
That's something I'd never have thought of.
Thanks.
Anybody else?
**EDIT** I checked on the Numrich website just now. This is funny. cylinder assemblies for all k-frame, blue... are the same. Same price and when you click on a model 14 cylinder assembly, for instance, then go back to the parts list, the part you clicked on is colored yellow. That's good, it lets you know that you've already accessed that information. But when you click on the cylinder assembly for a model 10 or 15, it's already in yellow. I deduced from this that a k-frame is a k-frame in their minds and since there's no difference in price, they just pull the first one off the shelf and mail it. Weird, but somebody out there is gonna get a high-gloss blue cylinder for their model 10, I'm sure.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
**EDIT** I checked on the Numrich website just now. This is funny. cylinder assemblies for all k-frame, blue... are the same. Same price and when you click on a model 14 cylinder assembly, for instance, then go back to the parts list, the part you clicked on is colored yellow. That's good, it lets you know that you've already accessed that information. But when you click on the cylinder assembly for a model 10 or 15, it's already in yellow. I deduced from this that a k-frame is a k-frame in their minds and since there's no difference in price, they just pull the first one off the shelf and mail it. Weird, but somebody out there is gonna get a high-gloss blue cylinder for their model 10, I'm sure.
Colonel,
Numerich is really good, if when ordering, that you specify exactly what you want with no substitutions.
"I want X and not Xa" or "I want X but if not available, Xa will be acceptable".
There is no problem sending parts back to them either.
Good luck.0 -
The biggest expense of a reblue is the level of polishing being done.
You will save about half of whatever the reblue expense is if you do the polishing yourself.0 -
I do the same thing. Buy old guns that need minor repair/TLC and attempt to restore them to at least working condition. Most times investing more than I can hope to recover.
To put it in MY WIFES words. My guns are my recreation. And recreations cost money. You don't make money going on vacation, out to eat, going camping etc. either. And a recreation that I do AT HOME is in her opinion better than drinking in bars etc, like alot of husbands do.
Plus I consider the learning about different guyns and how they are made/assembeled and work as "valuable".0 -
google rb 17 products this stuff works extreemly well for cold blue and cleanup work[;)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
Colonel,
Numerich is really good, if when ordering, that you specify exactly what you want with no substitutions.
"I want X and not Xa" or "I want X but if not available, Xa will be acceptable".
There is no problem sending parts back to them either.
Good luck.
I've dealt with them in the past, and do appreciate their work.
p3 & MVP:
Since the bbl is bunged up a little (perhaps taken off the frame with a pipe wrench?) I'm gonna have to do some refinishing anyway, so rather than pay shipping both ways, I'll just enlist my Pop for a few very pleasant evenings in the shop, polishing the cylinder and bbl. You see, these projects are much more to me than just the end-result weapon. They're time spent with my 78-year-old dad, doing something we both love. I have no idea how old Pop is gonna live to be, but I'm absolutely convinced, that when he's gone, I'll never say "Man! I just spent TOO much time with that old coot!"0 -
quote:Originally posted by Fatstrat
I do the same thing. Buy old guns that need minor repair/TLC and attempt to restore them to at least working condition. Most times investing more than I can hope to recover.
To put it in MY WIFES words. My guns are my recreation. And recreations cost money. You don't make money going on vacation, out to eat, going camping etc. either. And a recreation that I do AT HOME is in her opinion better than drinking in bars etc, like alot of husbands do.
Plus I consider the learning about different guns and how they are made/assembeled and work as "valuable".
Sounds like we're kindred souls. Our wives, however, have differing opinions. My wife is a bottom-line, sum-total kinda person. Who tolerates my hobby as long as I don't break the bank.0
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