There is a plant in a town near me that manufacturers all types of light fixtures. Over the years many hundreds of pistols have made their way through their plating shop. Many of the pistols like Colt and S&W revolvers still reside in cigar boxes, as they would no longer go back together after the plating buildup. On the old forum I reported on a 1900 AE, serial number 4419 that was brought into the local gunshop by the family of the original owner. It too was in a box disassembled. It went back together, but the AE was almost entirely buffed off the receiver.
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