Fat Boy
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A Ruger p90 is available for sale- the sides of the slide have significant surface scratches, it has well-worn, after-market grips (hogue?) on it- no magazine in the gun as it appears in the sales cabinet, but the shop has promised to provide at least 1 magazine
This gun is rough in appearance to say the least- when the slide is locked back, the barrel seems pretty loose in the slide. I don't know if this is normal or not but I have had the slide off and didn't see any obvious peening, or enlarged (worn) openings, pins, etc.
I am thinking about buying this and trying to make a good shooter out of it. (maybe it shoots well "as is", I don't know)
My idea is to polish the slide, maybe even remove the stamping from the factory- is this legal? I know I can't and wouldn't want to remove the serial number, but what about logo, model #, and so forth on the side of the slide?
I would also replace springs, pins, other parts as necessary- Not knowing what all might need to be replaced, with a starting price of $379 for the gun as it sits, I might be paying a whole bunch when I am done for a gun that won't be worth anywhere near what I have in it, although I would have a Ruger, which should last forever and be a servicable .45acp and the learning experience of doing the work myself-
What do you think?
This gun is rough in appearance to say the least- when the slide is locked back, the barrel seems pretty loose in the slide. I don't know if this is normal or not but I have had the slide off and didn't see any obvious peening, or enlarged (worn) openings, pins, etc.
I am thinking about buying this and trying to make a good shooter out of it. (maybe it shoots well "as is", I don't know)
My idea is to polish the slide, maybe even remove the stamping from the factory- is this legal? I know I can't and wouldn't want to remove the serial number, but what about logo, model #, and so forth on the side of the slide?
I would also replace springs, pins, other parts as necessary- Not knowing what all might need to be replaced, with a starting price of $379 for the gun as it sits, I might be paying a whole bunch when I am done for a gun that won't be worth anywhere near what I have in it, although I would have a Ruger, which should last forever and be a servicable .45acp and the learning experience of doing the work myself-
What do you think?