kBob
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SO my daughter is taking a HS finance class and the teacher wanted them to go to a pawn shop and actually haggle. I thought she might get some cheap jewelry or something but she ended up with an Alto Sax and I with a hole in my wallet. She paid me back later, but I had seen a steel framed Colt 49 five shot I wanted to look at. Even though I explained I was fresh out of cash the owner happy over unloading a musical intrament let me look anyway.
the word Marco was on the front left side of the frame and on the Butt was EIG Italy and the date code was XXV Everything about it was nice it was tight on all chambers and the nipples un battered. the steel frame had plenty of color case hardening left some one had used the screw driver from heck to take it down with a few times though. It amazed me the gun could look and feel so un buggered and have such nasty screws.......and then..... some one had appearently sodered (I think) a ramp front blade that was remarkably high out near the muzzle.
Made me want to cry.
I will say it made for a nicer sight picture than a Colt bead or cone.....but man was it ugly on that 1849 design.
SO I assume it was a Armi San Marco but then I saw that EIG on the butt. Any idea what it was?
I rather doubt it would be worth buying and hoping I could find an un marred barrel that might fit.
Just thought I might share the sadness.
-kBob
the word Marco was on the front left side of the frame and on the Butt was EIG Italy and the date code was XXV Everything about it was nice it was tight on all chambers and the nipples un battered. the steel frame had plenty of color case hardening left some one had used the screw driver from heck to take it down with a few times though. It amazed me the gun could look and feel so un buggered and have such nasty screws.......and then..... some one had appearently sodered (I think) a ramp front blade that was remarkably high out near the muzzle.
Made me want to cry.
I will say it made for a nicer sight picture than a Colt bead or cone.....but man was it ugly on that 1849 design.
SO I assume it was a Armi San Marco but then I saw that EIG on the butt. Any idea what it was?
I rather doubt it would be worth buying and hoping I could find an un marred barrel that might fit.
Just thought I might share the sadness.
-kBob