redbandit98
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Well, I have been pondering this for a long time so Im going to ask you guys for your thoughts. This will probably be a little lengthy so Im sorry in advance. I have a 38 LC I believe its around WWII era. Never ran the numbers on it. The deal is the revolver is in awefull shape, I believe its been re-blued once in its lifetime and the cyld is just horrible. 4 out of 10 times, the cyl wont turn as the gear (forgive my ignorance i dont know the proper name for it) is worn out. You pull the hammer back and the cyl just stays there trying to move. Anyways, this was my grandpas before he died. Im trying to decide if I want to spend the money and get it refinised and put it in a case for me to pass down to my kids when I have them. The thing is, its not like its been passed down before, or he bought it new/fairly new and put all the wear on it. He bought it about a year before he died at a pawn shop so it was already in bad shape. The point im getting at is I know that most people think that you should just leave it all rusting and in bad shape becuase thats what gives it its character. I just feel that its not relevent in this case due to he didnt put all the wear on it. Make sense? He wanted me to have the gun, and it means the world to me. I think spending the money and having it fixed up and putting it in a case would be nice. Im not going to shoot it. That or I could have it fixed then put a little wear on it myself then put it up. I just dont know what to do. I know it doesnt sound like a huge deal, but its a big deal to me and Im just trying to decide on what to do with it so I can one day send it on its way and continue the tradition.
thanks for reading
matt
thanks for reading
matt
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