Bought a 3" Model 36 Smiff with a small issue
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=531564883
Now I think I can polish the electro penciling out and spot blue the front strap, but another part of me wants to just cover the wound with a Tyler T-grip and either add new grips or refinish the existing grips. In any case, I think I did okay price-wise. I've always wanted a 3" J-frame, but never found one at the right price. This one is sort of like our rescue dog and cats, diamonds in the rough.
Otony, who thinks Mama will appreciate the longer barrel and square butt.
I'm glad the fad of electrostenciling on guns went away
I doubt if it achieved its intended purpose. Every time I see one I think of Skeeter's story "Bustamonte, I hate you!"
Yep! William Secrest ruin a K22 and a M28 that way
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 08:46 (3198 days ago) @ AkRay
then stuffed em in cheap holsters and left em under his car seat for a couple years... I got the K22 and a pal got the M28 for a song...They both shoot great... But dang he ruined em...
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
My grandfather, cheap as he was, nearly ruined 4 guns
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 18:32 (3198 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
by leaving them untended in his attic for at least 35 years. One was a Parker SxS, another was an Ithaca Flues 20 ga. Also a Win 1906 and a Mossberg he had BORROWED but never returned.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Tyler-T and re-finish stocks, I love my 3" J-frames.
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Monday, December 21, 2015, 22:45 (3199 days ago) @ Otony
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Sincerely,
Hobie
I'd like to find some of those
by bj , Wednesday, December 23, 2015, 22:14 (3197 days ago) @ Otony
I'd like to find some of the things on my wish list at half price due to some stenciling. I think I could fix that pretty quickly and it would be perfectly acceptable in a user.
"Bustamonte, I hate you!" (nt)
by Paul , Friday, December 25, 2015, 18:31 (3195 days ago) @ Otony
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