They found my gun, after 10 years! Recomd a WA state gunsmith?

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Great story, and congrats. Cleaned up very nice, as everyone says.


I had a gun stolen once... the policeman said "even if it is found, I doubt you would want it back". Judging from some of the posts, I guess if I'm super lucky it will turn up in about 4 years or so.
 
Great story! And, nice of SPD to return it to you. In other cities, I imagine they'd melt it down to make a swing set or some such nonsense.
 
I wouldn't use that pitted cylinder. Remember, that's where the bullets go bang. You cylinder has to be in it's best shape to contain the explosive power of the round. If you do keep it, don't fire the gun with it. Those pits looked pretty deep in the photos.
 
Excellent.. Glad it has returned home..

Did the PD do a background check to make sure you didn't go bad after 10 years :eek:
 
I had it inspected by two local respected gunsmith's that claim the cylinder would be fine for use after close inspection, but as I stated above, a new cylinder has been ordered through Numrich and is on it's way, along with a new sear and spring.

And once again, yes, background check was MANDATORY for the release of the firearm, which I cleared very quickly. Wether the gun is functional or not, they handle it as any gun transfer around here.
 
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Is that stainless? Looks like it but it's hard to tell from the pictures.

Rossi makes a better gun than they get credit for IMHO.
 
I'm pretty sure it is, I think I remember one of the smiths' looking at it said it was. He was absolutely amazed by it's condition and goes on to say, that lucky it's a Smith and Wesson ( I had brought it in with my blue Smith and Wesson plastic box) I proudly said nope, it's a Rossi, and he had to do a double take and so did a few other guys around the counter " Well I'll be dammed" other guy says in the background "hell I told you they were good guns!"
 
Sounds like they're trying to encourage people to just let them destroy whatever they get in. Classic SPD.

I'm tempted to ask where Kerlikowske's gun is, but I don't feel like digging that hard for the joke.
 
Yeah, I know. They did look really perculiar to me when I pulled them out. Then again, I didn't have the gun last, so who knows what idoticy went on before hand. I could have sworn I had hollow tips in it last. The round did look rather short, I'm going to have to check that out again, good catch!
 
I told him I would fix it, he kinda told me, " ahh, good luck with that..." LOL.
 
I'm tempted to ask where Kerlikowske's gun is, but I don't feel like digging that hard for the joke.
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Same crossed my mind. :evil: Gotta keep to the high road. ;)

Ari, if you need any other recommendations for a good and honest local gunsmith, call Richard McCann at McCann Industries in Spanaway (253-537-6993) http://www.mccannindustries.com. He will know who's honest (he is) in the south Puget Sound area. Mention that "Glenn in Cincinnati" told you to call him. :cool:
 
Follow up! No more need for a smith!

At the advise of some of our members I went to Numrich and ordered the parts that I needed to fix my gun. and for ALOT less then what I was quoted by one of the smiths. The gun smith at DJ's said it would be about 220-250 to fix as he stated he would need to "re time" the cylinders, etc ???? Luckily, he was going on vacation and would not be able to work on it until June 1st, lucky for me because had he taken it, I would have had him do the work. But I took another look at it and realized it was only a bad sear spring. So I ordered the spring, and upon noticing that the guy who stole it also put the wrong bullets in it (.38 S&W round instead of .38 specials) I went ahead and also ordered a new Cylinder assembly. In less than 10 minutes, and less than $60 in parts I had them swapped out and the other day I took it to the range and it is in fact in perfect running shape! Not a single hick up! I simply dropped the cylinder assembly into the gun and it worked fine, so I don't know what that gun smith was talking about having to "re time the cylinder". Sounds like snake oil to me now.

Once again, thanks to all for the help!
 
You mean the police had the opportunity to run ballistics and see what crimes this gun was used in and did not do it?

How can this be? :rolleyes:
 
From what I understand, a cylinder can be out of time (chambers not lining up right with the barrel) but it sounds like you were lucky and the new one dropped right in. I'm by no means an expert on the subject.

Cool project! I'm glad it worked out for you. Most people are intimidated by stuff like that and don't realize what they can do on their own just by learning a little about it.

This gives me a little hope that someday my 4" model 29 S&W will turn up.
 
Ari, I'm sorry that your gun was ever taken from you and glad to see it returned home. It's amazing that is is cleaning up so well and being able to function and I can't wait to see the range report.

Also, I have not been inside any revolvers but from the open frame shots that were posted the lockwork looks identical to most Smith and Wessons. Just how closely did Rossi copy their mechanism? This example looks very serviceable and "tune-able" if you felt the effort was worth it.
 
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