My Latest Project

[Wheeler]

I picked up a Model 36-1 a few days ago that according to the seller (not from here), had "a little honest holster wear." I think he actually kept the gun in the bottom of his tackle box... The price was reasonable and the pistol was in good mechanical condition. I went ahead and purchased it and started to clean it up. As it turns out it has probably had less than a box of shells put through it. There is almost no turn line on the cylinder and no marks on the recoil shield.

I cleaned most of the external crap and goo off, lubed the yoke and cylinder and function tested it. I didn't take the time to set up a paper target but I hit the 3"x3" label on a coffee can five out of five times from seven yards. That's good enough to start with.

Here are a few pictures for your macarbe enjoyment...

 

[Wheeler]

And a couple more...

 

[Wheeler]

The goal is to do an action job, bob the hammer, round the trigger, chamfer the cylinders, recrown the muzzle and possibly file the sight to a patridge or semi-patridge profile and then have the gun coated. I'm looking at and pricing several different options including a hot cerakote, and a satin nickel finish. There is way too much pitting for a rebluing.

 

[RdKill]

By ODT standards, you can sand blast it, spray paint it zombie green and sell it LNITB (Like New in Tackle Box)

 

[BHJ]

Nice project. Ever thought about Black T finish? (submarine coating) I know do it yourself is the idea but Birdsong is the cats pajamas http://black-t.com/

 

[Wheeler]

I had planned to most of the metal work, (crowning, chamfering and filing) myself but will farm out the finish work this time. I'll check it out as I haven't heard of that process before.

Thanks for the information!

 

[Wheeler]

I started on some of the filing this evening. Here are a couple of before and after shots.







Rough filing and blending done. The next step here will be finish sanding and buffing.

 

[Bogboy]

Looks like a good start!

 

[Wheeler]

This is by far the worst area on the gun. I'm leaning towards a parkerized finish or a satin nickel because on this area.



After more filing...


I don't think I'll do anymore filing at this point in this location. I'll scour the area of rust and see if it can be filled in.

 

[Wheeler]

Looks like a good start!

Thank you sir.