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I had to ask a friend to keep some firearms for me. He had possession of my unfired revolver for 3 1/2 years.

I took back possession of the said revolver and I am wondering he (or someone else) might have fired it. This is a collectable piece.

Is it possible to clean the cylinder burn/power marks of it so that it doesn't show the gun have been fired once ?

I am wondering because I passed a copper dissolvent down the barrel, waited 5 minutes and then a dry patch and there were small bit of blue/green on the patch. Maybe contamination from the aluminium rod that had been used on other firearms ?

The finish of the said gun is nickel.

Just wondering.

Thanks for your inputs

Mush
 
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Take a small penlight and shine it in the bore from the muzzle end... don't shine it from the opposite end because all you'll see is bright, shiny glare. You're looking for brown streaks of copper fouling. Before you accuse your friend better give some thought as to whether it was test fired at the factory though.
 
Just to make things clear, I don't really mind if it had been fired, it just that I don't want to be in trouble when I'll sell it as a virgin in the future.

Mush
 
Maybe the "wow" comments are because you are on here asking how to make your "possibly fired" gun look like it has never been fired, so you can lie to the buyer about its true condition.... sound about right?

If there are "cylinder burn/powder marks" then it HAS been fired, and you would be deceiving anyone you sold it to as "unfired".

Note to self: don't buy firearms from Mush.



Some people's kids....
 
I think he was asking if it could be done because he suspects it might have already been done & he wants to know for sure. Can you but a gun that has not been test fired?
 
Any of you ever heard the term buyer beware? You take your chances when buying from both individuals and businesses alike. I know of several sales of new firearms from a business that weren't new.


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The very fact that you're testing the gun means that you suspect your friend, and perhaps you shouldn't have been asking him to store an important piece for you if you don't have such basic faith in him. If you can't trust someone with this scenario, ‘Here's a very important gun, it was the one that shot Lincoln; please don't take it for a spin at the range,’ I think you answered your own question.

Yes, he could have fired it once and cleaned it up nearly perfectly.

Frankly, I'd rather purchase a collectible gun that was fired a few times, over one that has been poked and prodded, washed with solvents, and scrubbed and scoured by someone who's worried it doesn't look ‘new’ enough. Better a couple of rounds than twenty-seven paranoid cleanings.
 
Can anyone tell me how to turn the odometer back on my car, I'm thinking of selling it as NIB?


X2 {note to self never, ever buy anything from MUSH} yea, wow! :eek:

P.S. Greydog, not all guns are fired at the factory. I just bought a Norinco (CanAm 1911 deal of the decade) and it was certainly never fired. Having said that, all top end guns and ones made in the USA are fired...I think it's the law!? I recall something in the literature I received with the Ruger SR1911, I got 1 spent case and something about they kept and archived the other? I'd have to dig up the paper work to be sure.
 
I don't know if every gun is test-fired by the manufacturer, but I always assumed any one might have been, and the only difference buying a new gun makes to me is that I get the manufacturer's warranty.
 
Mush said:
I had to ask a friend to keep some firearms for me. He had possession of my unfired revolver for 3 1/2 years.

I took back possession of the said revolver and I am wondering he (or someone else) might have fired it. This is a collectable piece.

Is it possible to clean the cylinder burn/power marks of it so that it doesn't show the gun have been fired once ?

I am wondering because I passed a copper dissolvent down the barrel, waited 5 minutes and then a dry patch and there were small bit of blue/green on the patch. Maybe contamination from the aluminium rod that had been used on other firearms ?

The finish of the said gun is nickel.

Just wondering.

Thanks for your inputs

Mush
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wow, lying conning turd.......
 
desporterizer said:
I think he was asking if it could be done because he suspects it might have already been done & he wants to know for sure. Can you but a gun that has not been test fired?
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I'm with desporterizer on that one, he doesn't ask how to clean the gun to make it look new but if it was possible that his friend shot the gun and cleaned the powder burns/marks so well that it looks unfired.
I think that the Mush just wants to make sure the gun is really unfired before selling as NIB. Maybe some folks were a bit too fast reading the OP's posts....
 
English skills people...

Granted I just skimmed over most of it but I didn't see where the op said he want to "make my a fired revolver look unfired".

As to trusting his friend, I've had a few I'd trust not to damage it and at the same time not be surprised they fired it and try to cover their tracks. The only person I totally trust is my mother...
 
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