This one may take a miracle to bring back to life
larry Hurth brought in a Colt SAA 38 Special today for us to bring back to life. We may be able to do so but it will take some doing. The barrel got bent up a few thousandths plus bent to the left about that much. Somebody tried to beat it back into shape and in doing so bent the frame upward in a slight hump..Every part of the gun shows deep marks and gouges where it was beaten and bent in a vise.
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900454065a9c634c90d0.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900455865a9c6468ce29.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900471865a9c6961d077.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900475065a9c6b617a1f.jpg)
The gun is a 38 Special but if we can salvage it we will put a new barrel on it in 44 Special as the current barrel is chrome lined which I have never seen before.
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900485865a9c6fa5ee28.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900501965a9c74b6a7f8.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900503565a9c75b443ea.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900510165a9c775dbd47.jpg)
due to the beating it took the base pin is sitting at an angle and causes the cylinder to sit crooked.
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900523565a9c7d3e3a91.jpg)
![[image]](images/uploaded/2024011900525465a9c7e620245.jpg)
So this one is going to be a doozy.
Wow .... that thing was really abused ..
We had an old Colt .45 that had been stepped on by a horse. The frame was bent enough that at 100 yards it hit about 10 feet to one side. We just shot it that way and learned where to hold. 