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1849 Colt project

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Major 2:
One of the those unfortunate , "   too far gone to return to serviceability, but returned to just "function pieces."

Kent Shootwell:
Finally got the lever fixed, I welded on some steel and filed it to shape. Then turned a piece of 8620 to form the catch and milled the tip flat. Hand filed the groove to depth and installed a spring and keeper pin. A bit of browning and wire brush to blend it to the old fellow so it's a functional pistol now. It could be shot but I'll just shoot the replicas instead.
IMG_0732 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Fingers McGee:
Great project.  to look at it, one would never know it went down that path.

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Kent Shootwell:
Thanks, Fingers. That’s what I was shooting for.

Oldgold:
Fantastic work. 

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