Finally decided to get a full-size, service-caliber, double-stack mag auto...

[Tinker Pearce]

What?! This counts!

[silvermane_1]

Nice find Tinker, hows the .251 mag project coming?

[Tinker Pearce]

Originally Posted by silvermane_1

Nice find Tinker, hows the .251 mag project coming?

Pretty good- working on some different loads using jacketed bullets, and doing some loads for accuracy testing. Got some info in the Reloading sections here, but you might have seen it already.

[silvermane_1]

Originally Posted by Tinker Pearce

Pretty good- working on some different loads using jacketed bullets, and doing some loads for accuracy testing. Got some info in the Reloading sections here, but you might have seen it already.

Yes I have on THR , have the same "handle" too, heck might have to "shoot" you a PM since I see you're located near by there Tinker.

[kozak6]

Winston Churchill and Thomas Edward Lawrence had some fondness for theirs. You could be in worse company.

Is that chrome? Doesn't look yellow enough to be nickel, but I might be mistaken.

[Tinker Pearce]

Originally Posted by kozak6

Winston Churchill and Thomas Edward Lawrence had some fondness for theirs. You could be in worse company.

Is that chrome? Doesn't look yellow enough to be nickel, but I might be mistaken.

It is nickel, and a very nice job, too. It's actually the only way I could afford one of these, since it has been 'ruined' for collectors. It's accurate and so far has been reliable.

[Forte S+W]

Originally Posted by Tinker Pearce

It is nickel, and a very nice job, too. It's actually the only way I could afford one of these, since it has been 'ruined' for collectors. It's accurate and so far has been reliable.

If it's any consolation, that's just an excuse collector's to lowball on refinished firearms. Nobody actually cares that much, and obviously a finely refinished firearm has infinitely more appeal that one which is pitted with rust.

In a pinch, true collector's take what they can get, and regardless of whether they're willing to admit it or not, when given the choice between a corroded firearm, a finely refinished firearm, or no firearm at all, they'll take the refinished one. In addition, some German firearms that are nickeled or chromed are G.I. bring-backs which were captured straight from the factories in the white, then were nickeled or chromed once they got back to the states, and obviously there's some historical significance and collector's value there, regardless of whether or not collector's are willing to admit it.

[EIGHTYDUECE]

Nice

Didn't Han Solo use a variant of that?

[Aguila Blanca]

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Wars:...Blaster_Pistol

Scroll down to "BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol (Mauser C96)"

[bamaranger]

Oh, very nice indeed. Always been fascinated with them, one reason, among other things, excepting the grip panels, no screws!

[Fullclip610]

Idk why collectors get so upset when someone merely wipes down a “historical” firearm. At least cleaned up weapons look better than some rusted pos no one is ever going to see anyway.

[Tinker Pearce]

To me the fact that a previous owner had it nickel plated is a plus. I bought it as a shooter, and this finish cleans up easily.

[silvermane_1]

Originally Posted by Fullclip610

Idk why collectors get so upset when someone merely wipes down a “historical” firearm. At least cleaned up weapons look better than some rusted pos no one is ever going to see anyway.

I hear you on that there Fullclip610, now if it is a particular fire arm that has historical significance, like Hitler's PPK or the pistol that was used to assassinate Arch Duke Ferdinand or a firearm of the like, it really doesn't need to have it's original "patina".

[ThesNazud]

Originally Posted by Aguila Blanca

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Wars:...Blaster_Pistol

Scroll down to "BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol (Mauser C96)"

I once saw a video of either Hickok or Michulak shooting a replica custom made to look like Solo's DL-44. Made me add that to a bucket list gun(Granted I'd love an actual Broomhandle anyhow...)