New to me New Service
- Thread starter L Ross
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freebullet
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Man those both look way better than the seemingly overpriced finishless examples I see locally.
Sorry, I make all our holsters for better or worse.
Sorry, I make all our holsters for better or worse.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
I may resort to that. I have made holsters in the past, and I even carved leather in High School. I have the darned Tandy carving tools and stamps somewhere in the debris field I call my life.
oscarflytyer
Well-Known Member
I WANT a New Service!
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Outpost 75, I know I can count on good advice from you. I am smart enough to know I am not qualified to disassemble any thing as complicated as a Colt DA revolver. Can I just pull the grips, soak it in Ed's Red, blow it out with the compressor and call it good?
Outpost75
Active Member
Lots better than doing nothing and can do no harm,though can be a bit sloppy.
Charles Graff
Moderator Emeritus
Back in the early 60's when New Services were 40-50 dollar revolvers I had several. Today I have a good Colt 1917 and a 1921 New Service. I take the old school approach to loading for it (45 Colt). I use an old Lyman FL Shell Rezier and an arbor press. I do the rest with a 310 tool. Much fun!
Ian
Notorious member
I keep a wide-mouth glass, gallon jar 3/4-full of Ed's Red just for soaks and dunks, especially Mk II Rugers, Series 80 1911s, and sideplate revolvers of various sorts to minimize wear on screw heads and sideplate edges. Strip all wood/plastic, soak, blow out with compressed air, swish-rinse and blow again, hang up to drip-dry for a few hours or overnight, lube the critical internal surfaces with needle oiler and/or bamboo skewer with grease on the tip, reassemble.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Ah, the Colt New Service. Caveat emptor, semper--I have looked at two such arms purported to be "45 Colt" OEM examples that were in fact M-1917s with shade-tree-reamed charge holes to fit 45 Colt cartridges. On the second such fraud attempt, I said "OH, LUCKY ME--one of the ultra-rare 45 Auto Rim Long revolvers!" Nice try, hairball. I might have been born at night, but it wasn't LAST NIGHT. As Sam Colt said himself in his advertisements for his revolvers--"Beware of counterfeits and patent infringements".
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Charles Graff
Moderator Emeritus
Folks who misrepresent firearms and sell outright fakes, have been with us for as long as I have memory. Every gun show has it's contingent of "shuck and jive" artists. Then, now and forever, a used gun buyer, need to know what he/she is doing and not take what people tell you about their firearms as being true. Sometimes it is true and other times it is not. In fact, never believe anything,any salesman tells you.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Wise counsel, Charles. I have worked in sales in a couple venues--retail firearms store and auto service provider, both public and private sector. I told people the stone truth, unvarnished and as-found. It made the people I worked for a little crazy, but TOO BAD--the crap firearms ALWAYS came back with a dissatisfied customer firmly attached and permanently disappointed. And I gotta sleep at night.