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Colt SA Revolver- 3 part question
Lawrence
Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
Background: I'm not a collector. I like shooting. I'm from the days when we called it combat shooting not cowboy action...
I shoot a couple of .22 colt scouts and a colt .45 (now, I know it's 2nd generation)...I got a good deal on a set of colts-commemoratives..without the wooden display box. A scout and a .45 colt...they both have some finish damage. Pretty ugly..I think they sat in a wet box, which would explain..no box..
question 1) I plan on shooting with both. Is there any reason they shouldn't be fired (aside from collector value) are Commemorative revolvers made just like the working models ? or any weaknesses.?
question 2) the gold is wearing off or fading off both...it looks like chrome underneath...can I wipe the gold plating away with brasso or some other cleaner or is that the steel showing underneath ?
question 3) the scout has a black finish on the aluminum grip frame
can some type of paint be used to touch this up ?
Thanks for any info. and I don't want to offend any collectors...
I shoot a couple of .22 colt scouts and a colt .45 (now, I know it's 2nd generation)...I got a good deal on a set of colts-commemoratives..without the wooden display box. A scout and a .45 colt...they both have some finish damage. Pretty ugly..I think they sat in a wet box, which would explain..no box..
question 1) I plan on shooting with both. Is there any reason they shouldn't be fired (aside from collector value) are Commemorative revolvers made just like the working models ? or any weaknesses.?
question 2) the gold is wearing off or fading off both...it looks like chrome underneath...can I wipe the gold plating away with brasso or some other cleaner or is that the steel showing underneath ?
question 3) the scout has a black finish on the aluminum grip frame
can some type of paint be used to touch this up ?
Thanks for any info. and I don't want to offend any collectors...
Comments
2) Plating can be removed.
3) Try Brownell's for Aluminum Black. Or my personal favorite for this application, VHT exhaust system paint, well-cured.
redcedars
Mark T. Christian
Well going by those numbers it's (late)...back when I bought it in the 80 s in Colorado, SA revolvers were fairly cheap. I passed up on buying the old looking ones because the bores looked kind of pitted.
Probably from black powder...If I only knew then.....but I will get the Commem.'s checked out, just to make sure....Lawrence