Had trouble with my flash, so here are two pictures: one highlighting the grips and one highlighting the gun. Someday I am going to learn how to take really good pictures
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Put the two together and you will get the idea!
Thanks again for the ideas!
KCSO wrote:Something I never understood. I run a gun shop now and NOBODY comes in and says,"hey gimme that old rusty one in the corner". I wonder if they were different in 1860? No don't gimme the NEW Remington gimme the old rusty one??? I guess if that is what you like but is still don't understand, use it and don't abuse it and eventually it will look used. I have a buddy who has a whole collection of Cimarron original (NO) finish guns on the wall.
Griff, I think what is being missed here is a) no one said they wanted an old rusted piece of junk--unless you've got an antique barn--and that's not what I see the OP's representing anyway. The old 1st Gen Colts (etc) people admire are worn, not overly abused old rusted pieces of junk. My two "prematurely aged" SAA types are three and four years old respectively. No sign of rust. I'm also in Aridzona, so that may be a contributing factorGriff wrote:
I've seen no need to prematurely age my guns. Since I am into cowboy action... and wish to live the part of an 1860s -1890s cowboy, I have various guns that would be between brand new and 20 years old... why would I even begin to try to age them to look 100 years old?
There were extreme variances between how guns were treated in the old west... just as there are today. Some have been treated well, even if used hard, and those are the ones we see that have no finish, dings and dents... but quite serviceable after 100+ years of hard use. Others were safe queens and lightly used, but lovingly cared for.
The ones that were abused are the ones we see that are rusted hunks of junk. Good only for decoration... if you think rusted junk makes for good decorations.
If you have to do that... ok, but also recognize that it also increases the level of maintenance required to keep it in good working order. Rust will set in very much faster on a gun with no finish, (especially one where the finish has been chemically stripped), and once begun... will be nearly impossible to keep rust free.
I don't agree with that at all. The 1909 Argentine Mauser receivers are in the white. Mine still looks almost new. No signs of rust or discoloration. I have owned it for over twenty years and it was given to me by a great friend whose father owned it since the '50s.Griff wrote:Rust will set in very much faster on a gun with no finish, (especially one where the finish has been chemically stripped), and once begun... will be nearly impossible to keep rust free.
+1damienph wrote: ... Give the guy a break. He is sharing with all of us a project on a revolver that he is having fun with and is proud of. That's kind of the point of belonging to this forum isn't it?
Ok. But, having been the intended victim of a fraudulent mis-representation of an "antiqued" firearm... I don't find them attractive. In fact, the "better" they're done, the more offended I become.GoatGuy wrote:+1damienph wrote: ... Give the guy a break. He is sharing with all of us a project on a revolver that he is having fun with and is proud of. That's kind of the point of belonging to this forum isn't it?
Griff wrote:Ok. But, having been the intended victim of a fraudulent mis-representation of an "antiqued" firearm... I don't find them attractive. In fact, the "better" they're done, the more offended I become.GoatGuy wrote:+1damienph wrote: ... Give the guy a break. He is sharing with all of us a project on a revolver that he is having fun with and is proud of. That's kind of the point of belonging to this forum isn't it?
Just as I've known cowboys that like their leather to appear "antiqued", I don't seem to share that affinity also. I've bought new leather gear... and while it gets the odd ding or scrap thru use, I sometimes lament the passing of its "newness".
I had no intent to denigrate the work he'd done on "antiquing" his 1858 clone... I simply just don't understand the desire.
Fair enough explanation, I can dig it. It's much like me not understanding the desire of some men of fifty and sixty Winters or more wanting to acquire a moniker, dress up in old west period clothes looking like Tom Mix or some such, and competing in shooting matches using period firearms with reduced loads. Yet,... to each his own, I say.Griff wrote:Ok. But, having been the intended victim of a fraudulent mis-representation of an "antiqued" firearm... I don't find them attractive. In fact, the "better" they're done, the more offended I become.GoatGuy wrote:+1damienph wrote: ... Give the guy a break. He is sharing with all of us a project on a revolver that he is having fun with and is proud of. That's kind of the point of belonging to this forum isn't it?
Just as I've known cowboys that like their leather to appear "antiqued", I don't seem to share that affinity also. I've bought new leather gear... and while it gets the odd ding or scrap thru use, I sometimes lament the passing of its "newness".
I had no intent to denigrate the work he'd done on "antiquing" his 1858 clone... I simply just don't understand the desire.
I'm the same way... ish.38-55 wrote:The reason I did this is because I like the looks of weathered old guns. I have seen so many pictures of 1858 Piettas and Ubertis and they all look the same with the shiney dark finish and I wanted something different. I also have 3 old Winchester '94s that have a great patina on them and would never consider doing to them what I did to the '58.
The '58 is a shooter and I will enjoy using it this spring with it's new looks.
Now you've got it! That really looks nice.38-55 wrote:The reason I did this is because I like the looks of weathered old guns. I have seen so many pictures of 1858 Piettas and Ubertis and they all look the same with the shiney dark finish and I wanted something different. I also have 3 old Winchester '94s that have a great patina on them and would never consider doing to them what I did to the '58.
The '58 is a shooter and I will enjoy using it this spring with it's new looks.
Here is one last photo taken in natural light: