is it worth the hassle?

[hartmen]

ive gone to this new pawn shop ive never been to before. alot of guns. new used and just plain ugly;... then they have parts guns. nice priced.

well they have a about 30 so revolvers. various calibers most are 22lr. there was atleast one 38 special. these guns are consider none shooters. parts only.

the 38 special was only $80. i picked it up and looked at it. hammer didnt function. trigger was all the way back. and the cylinder wouldnt turn. other than that gun looked rather nice. my question is.....is it worth the hassle to mess around with old revolvers not knowing what is wrong with them. im seriously thinking about getting the 38special but i have just enough knowledge to get me by on revolvers.


i recently traded for a h&R revolver which suppose to function. when i recieved it everything worked until i went to test fire. the hammer didnt make strong enough contact to ignite the rimfire shell. i took the gun apart and relized the internal spring was bring in a "u". i didnt a parts look up online and found out its suppose to be straight. i took a hammer and straightened the old one. reassemabled the gun and it fires great! fun little 1967 revolver. 6shot. model 622

since i fixed this one i guess i got a new fever wanting to fix others.

 

[Bubba613]

The usual answer to "is it worth the hassle" is NO.
If you want to play around with old revolver, have at it. But the rule of thumb (mine anyway) is that quality guns are made to be worked on. Poor quality guns are made to throw away. I have nightmares about working on one H&R like you describe. It was slave pin city.

 

[hartmen]

my h&r was a nightmare at first because i had no idea what i was doing. lol. after i knew what was wrong and replacment parts were available i was extremely happy.

 

[Jon Coppenbarger]

The usual answer is NO!
then again if you are a expert on gun repair you might find a treasure in the pile.
The reason they are there is that they cost to much to fix or the parts are not around to repair it.
Remember that pawn shops are taking in firearms and not all of them know what it is they are getting other than outward condition and make and model.

They would try to send them out to get fixed first to get their money back or make money but if the rifle or pistol is worth less than say $150 or so and you need to have it repaired parts and labor which would run about say $50 hour to work on them it gets to a point its not cost effective to repair it.

Now if you know whats wrong and you research the cost on parts and then do the work yourself then that is the exception to the rule and you may indead find a jewel in the pile.

good luck.