Tallbald
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Here's another stainless Single Six I bought used maybe 10 years ago. Dates to 1978 and is pre-billboard. Big dealer had it for sale, and it had apparently been part of a court case, because it had a docket or evidence number on the gun and the magnum cylinder too. Looked like it had been dragged or dropped on concrete, showing scrapes and gouges at the muzzle edge, a side of the LR cylinder, and the butt of the grip frame. Even had surface rust under the grip panels on the frame, and the walnut grips showed evidence of having dried out after some time under water. Some fella had scratched initials with a pointed object into the cylinder frame under the loading gate too. $200 out the door.
Disassembled it completely. Started repair by using wet and dry carborundum paper on the gouges and initials, followed on down to 1500 grit, and Flitz. Decided to give it my round butt and grip frame front straightening contour treatment, and installed my own lathe made stainless lanyard. Cold blue the front sight, and made and installed a trigger over travel stop button. I topped it off with extended rosewood grips made in my shop and secured by two stainless socket head screws. Those rosewood grips were terribly expensive.....found out the hard way I'm allergic to the rosewood family of trees. An hour after making them, I broke out in hives, had a rash all over my chest and was wheezing. A trip to the doctor, shot of steroids, oral steroids, and an inhaler later I swore of rosewood. Thank God I wore a mask and shop apron when I was working with the wood, or it could have been worse.
Have a Belt Mountain oversized base pin on order. Shoots great, and has new life. Don
Disassembled it completely. Started repair by using wet and dry carborundum paper on the gouges and initials, followed on down to 1500 grit, and Flitz. Decided to give it my round butt and grip frame front straightening contour treatment, and installed my own lathe made stainless lanyard. Cold blue the front sight, and made and installed a trigger over travel stop button. I topped it off with extended rosewood grips made in my shop and secured by two stainless socket head screws. Those rosewood grips were terribly expensive.....found out the hard way I'm allergic to the rosewood family of trees. An hour after making them, I broke out in hives, had a rash all over my chest and was wheezing. A trip to the doctor, shot of steroids, oral steroids, and an inhaler later I swore of rosewood. Thank God I wore a mask and shop apron when I was working with the wood, or it could have been worse.
Have a Belt Mountain oversized base pin on order. Shoots great, and has new life. Don
