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tahunua001 · January 29, 2013, 01:04 AM

this one has a little patina on the floor plate, trigger guard and other external parts but anything mechanical is clear. no sign of rust anywhere inside. my main problem is that I can get a new spring but there is no guarantee that the firing pin can move far enough forward to get a good strike on the primers and I can demill the ammo and reseat the primers but that's a lot of work and there is no guarantee that the firing pin will have enough strength to ignite the primers so it's kindof a damned if you do, damned if you don't type deal...

January 29, 2013, 01:04 AM	#6
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	this one has a little patina on the floor plate, trigger guard and other external parts but anything mechanical is clear. no sign of rust anywhere inside. my main problem is that I can get a new spring but there is no guarantee that the firing pin can move far enough forward to get a good strike on the primers and I can demill the ammo and reseat the primers but that's a lot of work and there is no guarantee that the firing pin will have enough strength to ignite the primers so it's kindof a damned if you do, damned if you don't type deal... __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin