Dave Markowitz
November 11, 2003, 09:40 PM
About two and a half hours ago I was sitting here reading THR when I started to get a funny feeling in the back of my head. It was telling me to go to Surplus City and see what guns he had in stock.
Far be it from me to ignore the voices, so I told the wife I was going out (didn't say where to :cool: ) and drove on over to SC.
He had some very neat stuff indeed. E.g., an Old Model Bearcat in pristine shape, with the original box, a 1902-vintage Colt SAA that some dufus refinished, an original M1860 that the same dufus refinished and either removed the cylinder rollmark or replaced the cylinder entirely, plus some other stuff. What really caught my eye was a Ruger New Model Blackhawk rollmarked "MADE IN THE 200TH YEAR OF AMERICAN LIBERTY" on the 7.5" barrel. It was chambered for .357, and had a second cylinder for 9mm, in the original red felt bag. No box or manual, however. Since a .357/9mm Blackhawk has been on my "short list" for way too long, I couldn't resist, and got it for what I consider a reasonable price.
Once I got the gun home I ran a BoreSnake with FP-10 on it through the bore and the chambers on both cylinders, and wiped down the outside of the gun with FP-10. It's in even nicer shape than I thought back at the shop. If this thing had ever been shot outside of the factory, I'd be surprised. The .357 cylinder has a faint drag mark from the locking bolt, while I don't think the 9mm cylinder had been in the gun since it was fitted at the factory.
The outside of the gun has a couple, very minor handling marks as you'd expect in a gun that's 27 years old. Other than them, it appears almost new.
Oh yeah, I am going shooting Saturday. :D
Far be it from me to ignore the voices, so I told the wife I was going out (didn't say where to :cool: ) and drove on over to SC.
He had some very neat stuff indeed. E.g., an Old Model Bearcat in pristine shape, with the original box, a 1902-vintage Colt SAA that some dufus refinished, an original M1860 that the same dufus refinished and either removed the cylinder rollmark or replaced the cylinder entirely, plus some other stuff. What really caught my eye was a Ruger New Model Blackhawk rollmarked "MADE IN THE 200TH YEAR OF AMERICAN LIBERTY" on the 7.5" barrel. It was chambered for .357, and had a second cylinder for 9mm, in the original red felt bag. No box or manual, however. Since a .357/9mm Blackhawk has been on my "short list" for way too long, I couldn't resist, and got it for what I consider a reasonable price.
Once I got the gun home I ran a BoreSnake with FP-10 on it through the bore and the chambers on both cylinders, and wiped down the outside of the gun with FP-10. It's in even nicer shape than I thought back at the shop. If this thing had ever been shot outside of the factory, I'd be surprised. The .357 cylinder has a faint drag mark from the locking bolt, while I don't think the 9mm cylinder had been in the gun since it was fitted at the factory.
The outside of the gun has a couple, very minor handling marks as you'd expect in a gun that's 27 years old. Other than them, it appears almost new.
Oh yeah, I am going shooting Saturday. :D