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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:33:30 PM EDT
Went out about an hour ago to look for some fatwood in the woods near my range.
found a nice stump of fatwood, kneel down to start chopping away at it. Felt something hard hit my knee, went to brush it away thinking it was a pinecone or a branch. colt .22 match target pretty rusted, cant move any parts on it really because its so rusty. grips are gone as well. I dont know if theres any hope of saving it but im gonna at least try. 
update #1 - gun is getting the electrolytic treatment atm. garage is a giant mess atm so...yeah... 
update #2 - Checked on it after a few hours, looks good so far. Took most of the surface rust off. Still won't open. Gonna let it sit over night. 
update #3 - well here it is after the overnight bath 
still cant get it opened up, the rear seems rusted shut still. its currently soaking in penetrating oil. update #4 - Back from work. Got home and beat the slide a bit more with a rubber mallet, still a no go but its only been soaking for a day or so now. Gonna let it sit for another day and beat on it some more. If that doesnt work then im gonna put it back into the electrolysis bath for a day then soak it again. if i can get all the rust off and everything im gonna try to find as close of a match to the alloy as i can and fill in the pitting myself. Been a professional welder for 10 years now so hopefully i can figure this one out too. will post more pics soon. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:35:04 PM EDT
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IN for the restoration and aar.
Nice find, |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:36:28 PM EDT
[#2]
Wild.
Drop it in a bucket of kerosene for a day or so, and try to get the slide to break free with a rubber mallet. If you can get it taken down you can give it the electrolysis treatment and have a wild looking wasteland type gun. Edit: Find out of it's loaded before smacking it with a mallet or trying to take it down. That would be a weird news story getting shot by rip van winkles handgun. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:37:11 PM EDT
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Those are worth a pretty penny now, and nice guns to boot.
Should clean up pretty well, slap new springs in and make a great plinker. Just don't set it down on a stump and forget it. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:37:31 PM EDT
[#4]
Man...I never find any cool shit
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:37:46 PM EDT
[#5]
I only find boxes of used up porn and dead critters
Looks like a fun project! |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:38:31 PM EDT
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Wild. Drop it in a bucket of kerosene for a day or so, and try to get the slide to break free with a rubber mallet. If you can get it taken down you can give it the electrolysis treatment and have a wild looking wasteland type gun. Brilliant. I would love to see it in that condition as well rather than restoring completely. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:39:50 PM EDT
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Might have a cop friend run serial # through NCIC
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:40:02 PM EDT
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Turn it in to the police. Might be reported lost or stolen. Theft of lost or mislaid property.
Just saying. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:40:55 PM EDT
[#9]
i was wondering where I left that!
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:41:06 PM EDT
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That looks restorable IMO. Reverse electrolysis!
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:41:10 PM EDT
[#11]
Nice find!
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:42:19 PM EDT
[#12]
Nice find.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:43:49 PM EDT
[#13]
Was it used in a crime? Could be the evidence that puts someone away. Or make a cold case hot again.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:44:33 PM EDT
[#14]
It belongs to Spain.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:46:53 PM EDT
[#15]
... funny, tangentially, I just found a $100 bill on the floor of the hotel bar
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:47:58 PM EDT
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Put a dowel down the barrel to see if there's anything in the chamber.
Would probably run it through your local LEA as well, could be the piece that solves a cold case. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:48:58 PM EDT
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I only find boxes of used up porn and dead critters
Looks like a fun project! False, porn is never 'used up'. 
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:51:38 PM EDT
[#18]
got the safety lever to move and got the slide back about an 1/8th inch.
looks unloaded. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:51:49 PM EDT
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It will clean up into a good shooter. Not in bad shape considering where it was found
Looks like it may be a 3rd model. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:52:37 PM EDT
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Cool find. Wonder who got murdered with it?
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:52:47 PM EDT
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I noticed that the grip screw and escutcheon are present still. If the stocks were gone, I can see the screw still being there, but the escutcheon? That is part of the stock.
Something removed the grips (plastic or wood) but left the screw and escutcheon. Very odd. Fire? Termites? I'd try and find the owner first. 
If nothing comes of that, it looks like it could be restored. I've seen worse come back to full use. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:53:33 PM EDT
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Might have a cop friend run serial # through NCIC This... 
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:54:46 PM EDT
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Damn, that's a cool find.
I never find cool stuff in the woods. Soak it in penetrating oil overnight and I'll bet some of those parts loosen up. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:55:10 PM EDT
[#24]
Wow nice find!
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:55:53 PM EDT
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gonna have the #s run with TPD, if they dont find anything on it then its getting restored.
or i can restore it, then run the serial then charge the owner who lost it a restoration fee
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:56:36 PM EDT
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Nice find, that was one of my grail guns until I gave up trying to find a nice one and settled on High Standards.
What the hell is "fat wood"? Inquiring desert-rat minds want to know. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:57:10 PM EDT
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Might have a cop friend run serial # through NCIC Do not do this. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:58:03 PM EDT
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Cool find. Wonder who got murdered with it? That's a real possibility, those were never cheap enough for someone to just toss because they didn't like it. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:58:05 PM EDT
[#29]
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Turn it in to the police. Might be reported lost or stolen. Theft of lost or mislaid property. Just saying. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:58:34 PM EDT
[#30]
Sweet find!
Keep us updated on what you do with it. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:58:43 PM EDT
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Damn, that's cool find. I never find cool stuff in the woods. All I ever find is old tires. It's weird too. Like walking through a block of state owned forest, maybe 1/2 mile or more off any roadway to just stumble onto a tire. Who the hell drags one old tire 1/2 mile into the woods? I was 5-6 miles into the Adirondacks once at a nice lake, no vehicle access, but you can get sleds and ATV's up the trail if someone wanted to. We found a spot where someone had a small camp set up years and years ago. Like 5 old tires just laying behind the busted up shack, no apparent reason. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:58:58 PM EDT
[#32]
Lucky you.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:58:59 PM EDT
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Nice find, that was one of my grail guns until I gave up trying to find a nice one and settled on High Standards. What the hell is "fat wood"? Inquiring desert-rat minds want to know. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Nice find, that was one of my grail guns until I gave up trying to find a nice one and settled on High Standards. What the hell is "fat wood"? Inquiring desert-rat minds want to know. Fatwood, also known as "fat lighter," "lighter wood," "rich lighter," "pine knot," [1] "lighter knot," "heart pine" or "lighter'd" [sic], is derived from the heartwood of pine trees. This resin-impregnated heartwood becomes hard and rot-resistant. The stump (and tap root) left in the ground after a tree has fallen or has been cut is an excellent source of fatwood. Other locations, such as the joints where limbs intersect the trunk, can also be harvested. Although most resinous pines can produce fatwood, in the southeastern United States the wood is commonly associated with longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), which historically was highly valued for its high pitch production. 
resin soaked pine wood. Shave it into dust and it takes a spark almost instantly. i like hoarding it for camping 
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:59:09 PM EDT
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Was it used in a crime? Could be the evidence that puts someone away. Or make a cold case hot again. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 2:59:29 PM EDT
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I wish I lived in America where guns grow on trees and out of the ground.
 Nice find, OP.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:00:08 PM EDT
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Nice find, that was one of my grail guns until I gave up trying to find a nice one and settled on High Standards. What the hell is "fat wood"? Inquiring desert-rat minds want to know. It's super resinous wood out of old dead pine tree. It's super easy to light on fire, so it's good to have in your pack for fire starting. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:00:58 PM EDT
[#37]
Cool find!!!
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:02:56 PM EDT
[#38]
Hell yeah, free throwdown!
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:03:08 PM EDT
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Finders keepers, losers weepers. Never invite the man into your life, at the least it is a waste of time.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:05:45 PM EDT
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Sweet
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:08:48 PM EDT
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In to follow the resurrection...
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:09:51 PM EDT
[#42]
Nice
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:12:14 PM EDT
[#43]
I'll leave mine here so you can have some reference to work towards
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:13:08 PM EDT
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OP, I have never used This Product but several reliable, trusted friends swear it is nothing short of magic on rust.
Also, to the pitting, once the gun is pitted to that extent, it's a shooter, and I like my guns to be decent looking, so I'm not afraid to do some serious sanding and bluing tpo bring them back. You would be surprised how many pits you can file or sand out without changing the essential dimensions of the gun, and rust bluing is a very user friendly, non-toxic way for the home enthusiast to restore a nice black finish to steel guns. Just one example of a few I've restored. Fire damaged 94  Attached FileLots of sandpaper  Attached FileRust blued and shootable. Original Receiver, hammer, trigger, cartridge tube, rear sight, barrel bands, follower were used, barrel, bolt, blocking bolt , cartridge lifter, screws and springs were replaced. In to see the restoration.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:15:27 PM EDT
[#45]
Nice find!! Look on Colts website and see when it was made.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:19:37 PM EDT
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Since you're in FL just go to FDLE's website to check the #
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:20:17 PM EDT
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OP, I have never used This Product but several reliable, trusted friends swear it is nothing short of magic on rust This!!!! You can get it at OReilly, it really is fucking magic on rust. Used to use it all the time when I was gunsmithing. |
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:21:49 PM EDT
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Tag for outcome.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:22:20 PM EDT
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If you search here, there was a great thread a few years ago that went step by step through using electrolysis to remove rust. Came out very well. Your find is in even better condition from what I recall. Should clean up nicely.
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Posted: 3/4/2017 3:22:49 PM EDT
[#50]
Cool! I never find anything cool.
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