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<blockquote data-quote="Nighthawk" data-source="post: 1210472" data-attributes="member: 3906"><p>I will try to restore as much as I can without, destroying the value. If there is one that I get that is so gar gone I will do one of two things, do a total restore or just use it as a parts gun to fix others i pick up along the way. For example if you notice the one on the bottom is missing the part that folds on the hammer. I am going to have to locate one to make it whole. Because the one on the top might arrive a little rough I may rob the part from it to make the one on the bottom whole. </p><p></p><p>To answer Gillman's question I have not handled these yet. I will in a week when they arrive. But the one on the top does look more pitted than the others, but I got it for less than the others, with the idea to either fix it up or use it as a parts gun. I will know when it gets here. I just hope i have not gotten myself into a bottomless money pit. </p><p></p><p>Like I was telling the gentleman above, all it takes is handling just one of these pistols, opening them up, feeling that 'suction' when the cylinder moves toward the barrel on its own with no spring, but because it is made so well. All the small innovations that are on these pistols that all still work perfectly after almost 150 years. You too will be bitten by the bug. I have always appreciate good workmanship, and innovation, I have seen it here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nighthawk, post: 1210472, member: 3906"] I will try to restore as much as I can without, destroying the value. If there is one that I get that is so gar gone I will do one of two things, do a total restore or just use it as a parts gun to fix others i pick up along the way. For example if you notice the one on the bottom is missing the part that folds on the hammer. I am going to have to locate one to make it whole. Because the one on the top might arrive a little rough I may rob the part from it to make the one on the bottom whole. To answer Gillman's question I have not handled these yet. I will in a week when they arrive. But the one on the top does look more pitted than the others, but I got it for less than the others, with the idea to either fix it up or use it as a parts gun. I will know when it gets here. I just hope i have not gotten myself into a bottomless money pit. Like I was telling the gentleman above, all it takes is handling just one of these pistols, opening them up, feeling that 'suction' when the cylinder moves toward the barrel on its own with no spring, but because it is made so well. All the small innovations that are on these pistols that all still work perfectly after almost 150 years. You too will be bitten by the bug. I have always appreciate good workmanship, and innovation, I have seen it here. [/QUOTE]
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