Consignment score!!

[Canucky]

Speaking of, which store did you find this beauti?

[SkyHawk]

Speaking of, which store did you find this beauti?

Norcal Gunvault

I also bought a Beretta .25 Bobcat from the consignment shelf so I got to split the DROS fee and they did not add $10 PPT fee per gun, so one $37.19 fee split between them.

Here are the holster and rug it came with, and a close up of the green crustys growing from the snaps. The holster is still made today, a Hunter model 1100 - this one in size 6. I will get it cleaned up. They used the wrong number for the serial number so I don't mind showing the hang tag.

[Tarmy]

[200Apples]

The pictures don't do the blueing job justice -

Actually, they kinda do.

It is a deep, rich, polished blue, the kind we do not often see anymore... great photos too.


Holy Toledo, Ohio, SkyHawk... that is a beautiful, and nifty little piece, there.

Congrats!

[Mr. Beretta]

Christmas in September.

Congrats!

[Nvberinger]

You out did yourself there Skyhawk, that is a fabulous find. Good thing you can still find 32 SW and 25 ACP.

[damngato]

Damn, that sure cleaned up nice. Congratulations, great find

[Bullets&Whitewalls]

Beautiful for sure ! Nice score.

[ar15barrels]

This S&W Model 31-1 revolver was put away in a drawer for 30 years, I don't think it was fired much at all because the forcing cone and bore look mint and everything under the sideplate was clean but very dry.

It was very dirty from being in a leather holster and also had a few green crustys that I was not sure would come off.

That is probably why it was marked at $250 which included the $50 Hunter 1100 holster that nearly became it's coffin, and a vintage Kerr Beverly Hills leather & fleece rug. I believe the gun may have been purchased there back in the mid 1970's.

I picked up a 1970 33-1 like that earlier this year from the original owner on gunbroker.
He claims 62 rounds fired since he bought it new.
That's very specific so I suppose he has the fired cases still in the original boxes but he did not include them with the gun.
Even so, it looks and feels brand new.

[plumbum]

I'm insulted that they would even price something so beautiful so cheap! That is a work of art! Hell of a find, and great work cleaning it up.

I would have thrown out my shoulder whipping my wallet out so fast!

[Peahi2]

Great work man!

They don't make em like they used to!

[Madpyro]

If you replace the nickel plated brass snaps on the holster with stainless snaps, it won’t grow green fuzz

[SkyHawk]

If you replace the nickel plated brass snaps on the holster with stainless snaps, it won’t grow green fuzz

Thank you! I do have stainless (and also probably some brass) snaps but the Hunter logo on the original snaps is kinda cool. What to do, what to do....

[IVC]

Thank you! I do have stainless (and also probably some brass) snaps but the Hunter logo on the original snaps is kinda cool. What to do, what to do....

Keep the gun out of the holster, obviously, let the original metal do what it will. Green patina is part of the aging process, just look at the Copenhagen Mermaid or any number of other very old statues surviving in parts of Europe.

[dfletcher]

Yes, 3" barrel J frame which (along with the price tag) stole my heart. And yes, not much evidence of firing - but I really could not tell until I got it home and looked at it with the right lighting and magnification.

I really need to start taking my Optivisor to the gun store

Mine's a 38 Special version. Picked it up at the Kittery Trading Post in ME last year. They have my C&R on file.



My completely unfounded theory is that 3" Smiths tended to be bought by their original owners for stashing in a nightstand "just in case" - and 32 S&W calibers even more so. Less recoil for the non-shooter types. Hence their often terrific condition.

I usually don't get to Rocklin but am driving by this Fri on the way to Reno. Crossroads show. Sounds like a detour is called for.