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Posted: 5/6/2017 9:51:47 AM EDT
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Depends on the pictures, but I've bought nasty nickeled pistols, stripped them, and then either electroless nickeled them or refinished them another way. So you might be able to salvage it. Or just cut your loses and get rid of it.
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Posted: 5/6/2017 10:01:56 AM EDT
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What did you use to strip them?
Brownells safe for metal strip is $80. The pistol seems over polished as it is. Hate to remove or damage the metal anymore than it already is. Hate to spend $80 for stripper I won't likely use again. Photobucket won't load and the site pic hosting seems to be dead to Android lately. I'll try something else and get pictures up soon. |
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Posted: 5/6/2017 10:18:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2017 10:59:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistorySweet Jesus just bury the bastard. THey are ugly guns to begin with, but holy shit 
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Posted: 5/6/2017 5:00:10 PM EDT
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Sweet Jesus just bury the bastard. THey are ugly guns to begin with, but holy shit Quote HistoryQuoted:
Sweet Jesus just bury the bastard. THey are ugly guns to begin with, but holy shit |
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Posted: 5/6/2017 9:38:58 PM EDT
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What did you use to strip them? Brownells safe for metal strip is $80. The pistol seems over polished as it is. Hate to remove or damage the metal anymore than it already is. Hate to spend $80 for stripper I won't likely use again. Photobucket won't load and the site pic hosting seems to be dead to Android lately. I'll try something else and get pictures up soon. |
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Posted: 5/6/2017 11:09:54 PM EDT
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Isn't that a GI bring back plated and re-gripped "in country"? Or maybe Hitler's hairdresser's pistol?
Frame it and put it on the wall to always remind you to pay attention at auctions and not wipe your nose at the wrong time. Rob |
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Posted: 5/7/2017 7:33:00 AM EDT
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Isn't that a GI bring back plated and re-gripped "in country"? Or maybe Hitler's hairdresser's pistol? Frame it and put it on the wall to always remind you to pay attention at auctions and not wipe your nose at the wrong time. Rob 
I'll more than likely try to restore some dignity to this old german pistole. Managed to field strip last night. The side of the frame has cracked. Will need to strip the nickel off in order to weld it. Or I could sell the parts on ebay and make the most money back. |
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Posted: 5/7/2017 5:38:50 PM EDT
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I'll more than likely try to restore some dignity to this old german pistole. Managed to field strip last night. The side of the frame has cracked. Will need to strip the nickel off in order to weld it. Or I could sell the parts on ebay and make the most money back. |
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Posted: 5/7/2017 9:45:53 PM EDT
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It's not the frame, sorry. The barrel housing is cracked at the base of the barrel. I'm rethinking this and may just throw it in a box for a rainy day. Probably not safe to shoot, would cause further damage.
Need to find a cheap way to strip the nickel. Until them it's just a paper weight. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:05:13 PM EDT
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That's quite the pistol you've purchased there. Your new everyday carry gun?
New grips are only worthwhile if you can fix the metal damage first. Otherwise, leave it in it's pimp-gun state. |
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Posted: 5/9/2017 12:45:53 AM EDT
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I assume you didn't pay too much for it since I can't see anyone bidding very much on a dreyse that ugly. I would probably just keep it and buy another dreyse as a shooter. That way at least you have a source for spare parts.
I kind of did that for a sauer 38H. I bought a cheap "parts kit" gun that would be too expensive to make whole again. I plan on finding another 38H eventually to use as a shooter that way I always have spares should something break. |
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Posted: 5/9/2017 7:17:40 AM EDT
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Jesus H Tap Dancing Christ son! When you eff up, you go all out!
I would keep that simply as a momento of such a screw up. If nothing else as a reminder to double check before hitting submit. MLG |
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Posted: 5/9/2017 10:55:12 AM EDT
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Wow. Well, you've learned an important lesson!
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Posted: 5/9/2017 10:19:52 PM EDT
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Jesus H Tap Dancing Christ son! When you eff up, you go all out! I would keep that simply as a momento of such a screw up. If nothing else as a reminder to double check before hitting submit. MLG When the auction closed I thought that's way too cheap for what I was bidding on. The spare parts gun is a good idea. |
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