joseywales76
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Funny you should mention that. I was going to use my brushed stainless gun as an example.
Most people wouldn’t consider it a pretty gun, and I bought it with the idea that it would be zero hassle finish AND I thought it was pretty. It’s a Ruger SP-101.
How did I mar the finish? By storing it badly in a damp basement. I figured it would be OK, being stainless and all. Nope. It’s got a big patch of rust on one side and a small patch elsewhere. Really ticked me off. Wear and tear, I expect, but rust on a stainless gun?! It defeats the whole point.
If I hadn’t done a trigger job on it, I’d have asked Ruger to fix or replace it. I don’t want to do the trigger job again.
yep pristine
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I don't drink beer, gave up Dr. Pepper because of the diabeetus, and my favorite bourbon which I drank for years is on allocation so I can never get it anymore (Eagle Rare), so I just do some deep breathing exercises and pet my kitty cat until the anger goes away.#2 post, unless really bad, then Bourbon
Yep.No offense to anyone but these are some strange posts here in this thread.
Yes!Beer....Post of the day!
Hope the cat is not within grasp...I don't drink beer, gave up Dr. Pepper because of the diabeetus, and my favorite bourbon which I drank for years is on allocation so I can never get it anymore (Eagle Rare), so I just do some deep breathing exercises and pet my kitty cat until the anger goes away.
If that doesn't work then I cuss and throw things....
I might try, but not sure it will come out right on my pre model 10 M&P...OP problem is solved.
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Nice Wear on that Kimber! I look for that in used gunsI have a few safe queens, and I realize, what a waste. This one was so new and pretty, while I did take it to the range and prove it shot, I greased it up and put it in the safe.
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This one was stupid. I put a lot of money into this Combat Elite making it run well. As it came from the factory, it peened its frame so hard, that the frame was replaced within the two year warranty. Colt did not fix the hard recoiling problem so I decided to send it to Wilson Arms as it would surely peen out again, but be out of warranty. Wilson Arms had a two year wait. Wilson did the blended Bomar rear sights, new front sight, match barrel, beavertail, different hammer, trigger job, frame tightening, and probably more wallet busting work that I can’t remember.
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and when it came back, I did not want to scratch it! Stupid!
Pretty much I subscribe to what Quinn Moore, a Camp Perry Civilian Service rifle champion used to say: "Do you want to shoot your rifle or make love to it?" Quinn cared little about the appearance of his rifles, his primary concern was whether they put the bullet in the center, each and every trigger pull. He was right.
In new finish this may be worth more than the Colt, so what, I shot the heck out of it. It is on its third hammer. The finish wear from about 10,000 presentations.
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good wear leads to good results on target.
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I do know competitive shooters who are extremely careful about keeping their firearms like new. Joe Farmer, Senior Civilian Smallbore Champion, was obviously one of these. This is the Bleiker Joe was shooting at the Nationals. He was very proud of the wood, and he made the stock out of a blank he got at Camp Perry in the 1960's.
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This is on the other extreme. This shooting bud was on his seventh barrel when this was taken, and bud was a glue shooter. These M1a’s were hard recoiling weapons, and having a perfect, solid position was critical to accuracy in all phases of NRA Highpower Competition. Some shooters sprayed glue on their rifle, so it would stay in place when held. Glue was yucky, and the first time I saw a glue shooter stand up from prone, and he had to peel off his shooting mat, that was when I decided I did not want to use glue.
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What matters at the end of the day, is how many bullets you put in the middle, they don't give awards for prettiest rifle.
Nice Wear on that Kimber! I look for that in used guns
well according to the Supreme puppet Leader, it’s Alcohol Firearms & TabascoI remember when alcohol, tobacco and firearms was a fun Saturday afternoon...now, all that is verboten.
That being said, proper cleaning and maintenance is important...how it looks, not quite so much.
Don't think a lot of makeup on a woman (or man) is attractive either...I must be getting old...
Yea, I dust the old top shelf Bourbon bottles every now and then, clean the fins and grids of the beer fridge, it a pain to get prepared this time of year. But worth it when the weather rolls in...That being said, proper cleaning and maintenance is important...how it looks, not quite so much.
#2 post, unless really bad, then Bourbon