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Unread 07-20-2015, 09:31 AM   #40
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The gun guy said the old timer gun Smith stopped by and said its probably a broken sear or sear spring. Thats why the hammer wont stay locked back. They said they had $450 into the rig with three strippers, reproduction holster and leather strap and the gun. They would let it go for $450. The top and bottom doesnt match. Looks like no finish, its a 7.63 and the barrel looks like a musket...I know its probably not worth it...
$450 is what I offered Simpson's a year or two back for a C96 with a bent barrel. (I would have grafted a new barrel on it). At that price, I figured it was worth $450 in parts...And priceless for experimenting...

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I understand people are doing project not for money, just for fun...
I have never looked at machine work as 'fun', in the strictest sense of the word...I get a lot of satisfaction doing machining, welding, turning, fabricating...making things out of lumps of metal with machines...It's more a sense of satisfaction than 'fun'...

My first "real" job was as a production machinist...I loved the work but hated the job...
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