hello guys, i need help with is

762mm said:
Huh? Do you vote Liberal, by any chance? If not, you should start... I'm sure they'll be happy to accommodate and even surpass your "needs" whenever they're back in office (which every gun owner honestly hopes won't be anytime soon).

Anyway, 911 is all you need in times of great peril so who needs CCW, right? That ideology worked so well for Katrina victims too (you know... when all the cops f*cked off with their service guns to protect their own homes and left the city to the wolves)... :rolleyes:

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wow ! you take that back (Liberal):) i am sorry but i am not Liberal. maybe i should not say " i am not CCW kind of guy" i got an US CWW license and did get to use it but few times i got nerves where i was. if you are CP operator you should be allow to carry them but not in canada why,i really dont know. we tried to change them in 2002 at BC but did not work. dont even get me start on this. anyway, i am so sorry that i may offended you someway. i am new to this, also please don't call me Liberal.;)
 
apu said:
I think most of the replies were encouraging preservation so I am not sure I understand what I appears to be an admonishment to the "rest of you guys".

That said kwonnypooh asked a legitimate question, he appears to be an adult and it's his property to do as he pleases so let's not get rebuke the fellow too much.
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thank you so much.:D
 
BTW, kwonnypooh, friend mooncoon came up with a really decent idea. There are a number of gunsmiths who can ream that bad barrel and install a liner. Result is that you have an original old-timey gun that just happens to have a brand-new barrel on the inside.

Your original calibre should be .455. I know you can't buy ammo at the corner store, the way you could 50 years ago.... but it's no really huge task to thin the rims on .45 Auto Rim. The result is a full-length .455 COLT casing which is a genuine old-time cartridge, the same length as the .476 Enfield. Loading it is not hard at all and likely they would let you shoot Cowboy shoots with it, too. After all, it IS The Real Thing.

Nice thing about a barrel liner is that this is one of the tricks that were used back when this was a brand-new gun. It's completely authentic for the period.... even if the liner happens to be a little bit shiny on the inside. Makes sense all the way around.
 
hello guys, i need help again . where should i look for serial number for colt 1889 DA handgun? i see a set of number at the bottom of grip. 285xx and i dont know the date of manufacture. anyone can help?
 
That is your serial number on the bottom of the grip. Your Colt is a late model 1889, based on the serial it was manufactured in 1894.
 
I have no idea who actually IS doing it ON WEBLEYS, but it ain't rocket science. Things such as this were everyday jobs for a gunsmith of 150 years ago, and I do think that machine-tools have improved a bit since then.

I have seen barrels lined with an electric drill, using a piloted bit on a long extension, then the liner being sweat-soldered in. I would think that one could do the job ALMOST as well with a steady, a lathe and a 4-jaw chuck and a boring bar.

This is a small town and we have two machine-shops who would do the job if they weren't ####-scared of the police dragging them all off for several years' free board and room at Her Majesty's magnanimous expense. I can show you half a dozen more shops who CAN do it.

Problem is that most of them are scared.

Is it right for free citizens in a free country.... to be afraid of their own government?

But it shouldn't be much of a problem.
 
thank you so much. now all i have to do is get the antique letter and ship it to US.
i did talk to Ron today, a real nice person. thank you again apu! well, i did tried liner thing and joe at dlask told me not gonna work.the barrel is not big enough to put a liner in there and i trust joe so no go, back to a remanufacture barrel. would any of gentleman kind enough to let me know how to ship an antique handgun to US?
THANK YOU
 
mooncoon said:
If the bore is kaput, it would make more sense to sleeve the existing barrel for the above reason.

cheers mooncoon
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I'd agree with that Kwonnypooh. Consider having it sleeved, Making a whole new barrel would cost more than the gun is worth, by a considerable margin. Plus which, you'd have a mismatch.

You'd really be much better off selling it and buying a good one.
 
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