%#%# Gun Deep In Woods 2" deep

Manknee · Oct 4, 2016

%#%# Colt Revolver Deep In Woods 2" deep?Live Rounds

This guy is heavy my goodness. What should i do guys my jaw just hit the floor. This thing is old as heck guys.

ethanfez · Oct 18, 2016

I love how the brass looks like it did the day it went into the ground.

jeff of pa · Oct 19, 2016

Manknee said:
Im going to do it right, lots of love. New grips and all. I will be taking it apart and getting parts. Sandpaper polish whole nine yards.

Of course it's yours to do as you Wish.
Personally I wouldn't change a Thing on it.
As is It's a Relic
(perhaps even a treasure if you can connect it to a local gun Fight)
Too bad ya can't tell if he Emptied it in someone or got Killed because
the rounds were empty. or if they are still Live yet.

Not a Suggestion of course. I wouldn't remove the shells either.
Just Rambling :laughing7:

I find guns occasionally but they are the Cap & water varieties :tongue3:

Manknee · Oct 19, 2016

Live rounds for sure.Cleaned up some more, im going to look up some chemical methods. So that i can gently move the mechanisms of the revolver. Old Grips are pictured . last steps will be sand and polishing.

Manknee · Oct 19, 2016

cw0909 · Oct 19, 2016

cool find, does it have a full load of rounds
chemicals and old gunpowder, might be a bad combo

coinman123 · Oct 19, 2016

The gun powder is probably pretty deteriorated by now

I have a model 1859 Remington Revolver that was found by my grandpa in Chesapeake Bay. It is completely rusted out! Trigger and trigger guard is rusted away, and the brass from the bullets is rusted away, though there is a chance it may have had paper casing for the bullets. I also have the trapdoor, hammer and more of the mechanism for the Springfield Model 1873 and barrel of an 1830's pistol, all in perfect condition. USA Eagle on the Springfield, maybe from battle of little bighorn if i am lucky

. I found the 1873 Springfield and 1830's Pistol when a coworker told me to come by on the basement and take what ever I would like from her late father's basement. I saved tons of goodies from the dumpster that day

Awesome find! Old guns are so cool! (Way cooler than their counterpart, the shotgun shell and the tiny .22 casings that seem to be impossible to find in your pile of dug dirt.)

Actionman · Oct 19, 2016

I think it is really cool the way it is. I would display it so you can see the rusting cylinder exposing the brass casings. It will never be a functioning gun, I would think it would look strange with new grips. But hey you found it so you get to do as you wish! Just post photos when you are done, we all would like to see it!

capsmith · Oct 19, 2016

I think for sure it is a Colt. Can you tell by looking at the shell if it a 45 or a 38. We had a New Service 45 long colt when I was growing up. Can you see a serial # anywhere.

Manknee · Oct 19, 2016

capsmith said:
I think for sure it is a Colt. Can you tell by looking at the shell if it a 45 or a 38. We had a New Service 45 long colt when I was growing up. Can you see a serial # anywhere.

Im trying should be seen soon, im thinking the same as you, but what year is the question.

Everytime i touch and clean this its like something out of the lord of the rings. My precious ha.

NOLA_Ken · Oct 19, 2016

looks great the way it is I think. Be sure to seal it though or it will keep deteriorating. hot wax may be the way to go

SkaBa · Oct 19, 2016

I agree with the others, please don't overdo the cleaning (or refinishing).

It looks incredible from what you've done already! Once again, sweet find.

Manknee · Oct 19, 2016

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Original-Rare-Colt-New-Service-Marine-Corp-Revolver-Grips-/232119378980?nav=SEARCH
Oh man

highnam · Oct 19, 2016

Looks awesome...as is. Congrats man!

capsmith · Oct 20, 2016

Manknee said:
Im trying should be seen soon, im thinking the same as you, but what year is the question. Everytime i touch and clean this its like something out of the lord of the rings. My precious ha.

WHAT YEAR, with out a model and serial # it would only be a guess and then it can be hard to get a date of mfg . If it is a new service I think it came out about 1890 and was in production till 1940. I will try to do some more looking.

Manknee · Oct 21, 2016

Its a colt army 38 special, made around 20s i believe.

Manknee · Oct 21, 2016

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Manknee · Oct 21, 2016

Could be from early 1900s, i cant get any serials yet
. Rounds are rem-umc 38, so who ever dropped didnt lose it right after it was made. Or maybe its a 40s revolver?

BosnMate · Oct 21, 2016

REM-UMC dates the cartridge from 1912 to 1960. Before 1912 Remington and Union Metallic Cartridge company had not merged, after 1960 it became Remington-Peters.

Manknee · Oct 21, 2016

Rust is all gone , crap camera showing red for some reason. Pictures dont do it justice, hit it with some wire brushing. Only couple things left is smoothing out the pitting and new grips. No more vinegar. Later on ill look into ways of loosening the mechanisms of the revolver so that i can clean the inside and spin the cylinder.

. If i can get it open i might replace the hammer and trigger dont know yet. Probably not as its a dug relic. But it would look neat as heck.