Help save my dads Python. WARNING graphic images

[Swampcrip]

This is the most painful thing I think ive ever seen. Took my dad shooting and he wanted to take out his colt Python that he hasn't shot in a good year. He bought it brand new and has always maintained it and shot it very little.

He took it out of the safe and it was covered in rust... I wiped is down the best I could and oiled it up. Is there anyone that can restore this? It is my inheratance after all... Not to mention my dads crushed soul when he showed it to me.







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[LeadFarmer74]

I just cried inside. That's a damn shame. Good luck restoring it.

[MontClaire]

Dear Mother Of God. I can't watch this.

[DysfunctionalVet]

Ouch... Have you called Colt to see what their shop can do?

[GM4spd]

I can't tell--- but if it is stainless it could probably be cleaned up---IF DONE
VERY CAREFULLY. If it is blue or nickel,it would be another matter. The
pitting is not real deep,how does the other side look? Pete

[nightwolf0215]

Ouch. Im sorry to see that. Are you planning to do the restoration yourself or have it done? I'd recommend having someone look at it and do the restoration. Maybe hard chrome it.

[Swampcrip]

I can't tell--- but if it is stainless it could probably be cleaned up---IF DONE
VERY CAREFULLY. If it is blue or nickel,it would be another matter. Pete

It is stainless. Most rust came off with a rag and wd40. I don't know if anyone knows of a place that can polish it back to life.

[Maltese Falcon]

Madre de Dios!

I think professional assistance is in order, good luck.

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[Cody805]

Please please please just let a professional from Colt do the work for you!!! Don't turn a awesome pistol like that into a beer project lol

[laurelpark]

That's scary - reminds me to check the de-humidifiers in my safes, and keep things wiped down with protectant.

Be careful how it gets fixed. I'm sure it can be fixed up just fine, but you know how these things go - a bad resto job can kill value more than if you just left the gun rusty looking.

[superhondaz50]

Flitz and 0000 steel whool. Did it to mine, looks like new.

[JDay]

It is stainless. Most rust came off with a rag and wd40. I don't know if anyone knows of a place that can polish it back to life.

I'd have it bead blasted to remove the pitting and then polish it.

[DaveInOroValley]

I have had people tell me that those Mr. Clean Erasers work magic on rusted weapons. I haven't tried it myself but have been told that used with just some basic oil and the eraser they do wonders.

[devious21]

Any details about how it was stored OP? Maybe we can at least learn from this. Was it in a safe? Did you have any dehumidifier and/or temp/humidity sensor inside?

[mmonnier]

Ouch... Have you called Colt to see what their shop can do?

That seems like the best bet haha