{"id":141033,"date":"2023-05-08T10:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=141033"},"modified":"2023-05-08T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:07:34","slug":"dads-old-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=141033","title":{"rendered":"Dad’s Old Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n.45 Colt<\/a><\/p>\n

Old tanker was kind enough to tell us the tale of a particular .45 Colt. His dad had a pair of the revolvers, which were lost in a burglary. One was recovered but had been brutally modified to suit the needs of the current owner. The damages made the firearm a hazard to shoot so it became a safe, well, queen isn’t quite right. Resident? Here’s Ot in his own words.<\/p>\n

It was one of 2 stolen from my Dad in a burglary. Only one was recovered. They hacksawed the barrel. drilled through the rifling and used a penny for a front sight with the post peened from the inside of the barrel. Supposedly a common “thing” in the cholo community back then in the late 40’s \/ early 50’s. It also had a split barrel forcing cone as the idiots got it out of time and fired it. Dad, a WW2 Vet, died when I was 8. It sat in a drawer for close to 20 years then I got it and put it in my safe for another 40 or so. I knew it was a basket case, had no collector value and I wanted to shoot it as I have very little from my Dad. I decided to get it restored. I got a letter from Colt, it was manufactured in 1899 in the condition I had it restored to other than a gen 2 barrel.<\/p>\n

I finally got to shoot it this month and I am almost 70.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The pic at the top of the post is of Ot’s Dad’s old gun prior to restoration.
\nThanks, Ot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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