Hurricane Luger Prepare~

Diver6106 · 10-04-2016, 03:53 PM

I bought a P.38 and pocket watch from Louisiana-Alabama shortly after Katrina went thru and they clearly were sitting in water for a period of time. The red muckie water had inundated the fusee watch but it was mostly brass and could be cleaned up. But old iron & steel pieces were gone. The pistol (AC44 with matching numbers for $300) was cleaned up, but had pits and stains from sitting in water and rusty muck in the little springs like the extractor and was engraved by the vet that brought it back. It was sad to see these family heirlooms damaged by the storm and possibly sold to earn funds to rebuild, with probable heartbreak. So a word of caution to the wise is sufficient.

10-04-2016, 03:53 PM	#2
Diver6106 User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Mt. Vernon VA Posts: 246 Thanks: 1,436 Thanked 119 Times in 76 Posts	I bought a P.38 and pocket watch from Louisiana-Alabama shortly after Katrina went thru and they clearly were sitting in water for a period of time. The red muckie water had inundated the fusee watch but it was mostly brass and could be cleaned up. But old iron & steel pieces were gone. The pistol (AC44 with matching numbers for $300) was cleaned up, but had pits and stains from sitting in water and rusty muck in the little springs like the extractor and was engraved by the vet that brought it back. It was sad to see these family heirlooms damaged by the storm and possibly sold to earn funds to rebuild, with probable heartbreak. So a word of caution to the wise is sufficient.