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Road tripSo she sent me this too. 9 shot 22 revolver with a knife. The cylinder is in a bag
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They used that stamp from 1911 to 1951. Highly collectible.Union Cut Co. Olean NY....who apparently changed their name to Ka-bar
Or a pile of used razor blades.Damn, the only things I found when replacing walls and ceilings in my old house was dead mice.
I noticed this one from the picture has a gold sight. Was that ever a common thing that sites were made out of gold?I own a 1968 H&R 929 9-shot. that I got for free. all it needed was a new trigger spring. Thanks Numrich!
looks like this...
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Most likely brass, or gold plated (some were) not solid gold. Brass is easy to solder/braze. Plating can be inexpensive, more so back then. Like gold-plated Marlin triggers.I noticed this one from the picture has a gold sight . Was that ever a common thing that sites were made out of gold?
Description:.22 Long Rifle 9 shot double action revolver has 6 inch octagon barrel with brass front sight. Checkered walnut grips. Serial number 140xxx. Blue is 98% with just a few freckles and not even a drag line on the cylinder.
Somehow, I knew when I read this, before I saw the photos, it was going to be an H&R.she sent me this too. 9 shot 22 revolver with a knife. The cylinder is in a bag
I noticed this one from the picture has a gold sight. Was that ever a common thing that sites were made out of gold?
I've also read about "customizers" using pennies...Yeah, brass. Brass is readily available and easy to work. A lot of folks who need replacement front sights over the years have gotten one using a hacksaw, a file, and an old key back when "aftermarket" meant "head out to the garage and see if anything will fit."
You'll see it on old Webleys a lot, the kind that had screw-adjustable front sights.
Happened in Saugus a while back. Young couple bought an older home and it was plagued by drafts and poor insulation. An energy audit turned up an exterior wall with no insulation and filled with old, rusty guns. Couple turned the guns over to the cops. The cops told them that their home was once owned by a Winter Hill gang hitman!How about all the other ceilings ? A nib Colt Walker? a Colt 1921 Thompson with paperwork? Bag of gold coins? Also fear of fire if more ammo. I'd get and use a really good metal detector. Jack.
I have heard of such things happening on occasion. Reminds me of that early 1970s film "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", where a fortune in stolen cash was hidden within the walls of a small church.I once dated a woman that found $168K in cash in the wall of her house in Cleveland. Google it. I'm the one that counted it.
Put down your beahs, guyz.... in Saugus a while back. Young couple bought an older home and it was plagued by drafts and poor insulation. An energy audit turned up an exterior wall with no insulation and filled with old, rusty guns. Couple turned the guns over to the cops. The cops told them that their home was once owned by a Winter Hill gang hitman!
Hmmm.Nice. You can take an SOS pad and scrub the blade to get rid of any red rust. The soap in the pad neutralizes the rust and the steel wool wont scratch the blade. Wipe down with mineral oil and it’ll look wonderful.
Now that it's brighter out,I bought our household box cutter that is essentially this design at a hamfest:
You should have told her to not tell anyone.I once dated a woman that found $168K in cash in the wall of her house in Cleveland. Google it. I'm the one that counted it.
I saw a box full of those on the ground at the Acton transfer station the other dy. Jack.Put down your beahs, guyz.
Saugus PD are on a never-ending quest
to link the guns to decades-old crimes
by tracing their serial numbers.
Saugus Man Finds Guns Stashed In Home Of Late Winter Hill Gang Mobster
A Saugus homeowner found a stash of guns in his ceiling during renovations. The guns are believed to belong to the late Winter Hill Gang mobster who used to live there.boston.cbslocal.com
Hmmm.
I bought our household box cutter that is essentially this design at a hamfest:
One day I used it to cut something that got schmutz on the blade,
and I eventually (maybe not even promptly)
used the scrubby side of a Scotch-Britero® scrub/sponge to clean it up.
I didn't in-turn do a post-cleaning oil wipedown (with say 3-in-1),
because I didn't think scrubbing with the pad left anything objectionable on the blade.
(I don't recall wetting the pad, and neither was it wet from the sink).
But The Bride assumes those pads are impregnated with something
because with no special care they don't grow bacteria like a vanilla sponge.
I also now see that the plastic wrap on an unopened Scotch-Brite
says not to use on stainless steel.
NFW ChiCom X-Acto-style blades are stainless,
but what up with that?
A while after I "cleaned" the box cutter blade array,
I discovered that it was rusting
wherever the pad had touched it - not from the schmutz.
I went nuts on it with something (maybe even just paper towels) and 3-in-1,
and the rust went away never to return.
But to this day you can see where the tipmost few blade segments
are discolored from the rust.
My father had a big supply of industrial - not kitchen - steel wool.
Still in the original cardboard, I think.
Never rusted, but neither did it contain any soap.
He wouldn't have owned it if it bestowed crud on whatever was getting scrubbed.
@Sterg, you definitely said to wipe down with oil after scrubbing.
And you said steel wool not some plastic scrubby.
But I would not use any modern kitchen scrubbing product
on tools, guns, knives without serious research.
Something picked up from a purely construction aisle of Owe's or Home Labyrinth -
yeah I'd do that after reading all the labeling.
I'm sorry if you guys can see immediately how I failed,
and it had nothing to do with subtle sponge additives.
But I'd hate for OP's antiques to get scrod like my box cutter did.
(If my story is legit, it makes you wonder how come
we're not all dead from something
getting on all the pots we cook with; eh?)
I have heard of such things happening on occasion. Reminds me of that early 1970s film "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", where a fortune in stolen cash was hidden within the walls of a smallchurchSchool House...behind the blackboard.
OK, good. Thanks! I was just a kid when I saw that film many years ago. Don't remember all the details.FIFY