Need help with finishes on C96

[alvin]

A great candidate for reblue:

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=44753

It's a great project base gun. Only the blue was damaged. Reblue work can be done at home, no metal work needed.

I did not check Simpson everyday. Missed it. Someone got it.

[Olle]

Originally Posted by alvin

A great candidate for reblue:

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=44753

It's a great project base gun. Only the blue was damaged. Reblue work can be done at home, no metal work needed.

I did not check Simpson everyday. Missed it. Someone got it.

A friend of mine called me yesterday and asked me if I could reblue it. Then he called again and said that he missed it by one minute.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Olle

A friend of mine called me yesterday and asked me if I could reblue it. Then he called again and said that he missed it by one minute.

I saw it last night, almost bought it, but unlike Alvin-
I could not do it at home!

Nice pistol, deserved a professional re - rust blue; a few of you can/will do it.

Ollie does nice work for sure.

Paying to get it done would put one in a high cost position for a
"re-blue", JMHO.

[Olle]

Update: The spring kit arrived today. The mainspring was not included in the kit and the firing pin springs seems to be ok, so I only replaced the recoil spring.

I started with a few single shot exercises, and everything worked great. It went bang, the recoil and action movement "felt right" and the shells flew straight up and landed between me and the gun. Loaded up with two rounds, and if fed, fired and ejected like it should. After that, I loaded 5 rounds and set up a target at 15 yards. It shot a little to the left and stringed about 3" vertically, and I figure a lot of this has to do with me. This thing is not exactly a target pistol, the sights are decent but the grips are (mildly put) funky and the balance is not all that great either. It was getting dark so I had to abort right there, and I'll probably try it on a sand bag next time to see what it can do with less "excited user input".

I'd say that you need a lot of practice to be able to shoot this gun well, but at least I know that it does work!

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Olle

I'd say that you need a lot of practice to be able to shoot this gun well, but at least I know that it does work!

I fired a dozen or so C96s. Only one had extraction issue, due to the chamber was too poor, the case expanded in firing and could not be extracted out completely. All other worked perfectly.

I am practicing firing this gun single hand. I find keeping two eyes open, that's give better sighting and works better.

[alvin]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Paying to get it done would put one in a high cost position for a "re-blue", JMHO.

No. It's not in high cost position. Almost all C96 that you can get under $1000 is either a mix number, or horrible bore, or both.

Salt blue pistol, it's easy to hot dip it. Or, boil it in "melted stump remover". Very low cost, and an super nice shooter. What else you can buy with $800....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_IeMl6R8fc