Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 This was painful to watch - but I couldn't stop. First off, it is NOT a Colt; it's a Spanish made Star. Not .45 ACP ("Acp" in the title). I guess we might give the fella some credit for doing what he does with the most primitive of tools and methods, but Mark Novak he ain't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I've seen their other videos. I suspect they're taking guns and deliberately exposing them to a salt or acid bath just so they can go and "restore" them for YouTube. The corrosion never looks like something that occurred over time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I think Kroil would work better than Wd40 and a hammer! Trying to pry the the slide lock with the slide forward seemed an impossible endeavor as well. But what do I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Gotta love his punch too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: I've seen their other videos. I suspect they're taking guns and deliberately exposing them to a salt or acid bath just so they can go and "restore" them for YouTube. The corrosion never looks like something that occurred over time. If that's the same guy I whose video I saw, he took an Airsoft copy of a Beretta 92, and tried to pass it off as a Colt. When I called him on it in the comments, he said that he thought that any American semi-auto was called a Colt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Don't force it, get a bigger hammer and a pipe wrench! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 What do ya figure he boiled it in that turned some parts black and left others silver? That whole video is just WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 That's a restoration video? More like "What not to do to a firearm" and "What to do if you have no real tools but have a hammer" video. What an idiot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Made it a few seconds in. The rust on the gun is too uniform all over. It appears “staged”. Also, why not soak the gun in oil overnight or a couple of nights. I stopped watching because the sound of the gun metal scraping marble or granite or whatever that plate is grates my nerves. Unless, of course, that is a technique for removing corner corrosion…regardless, I can’t watch / listen. Oh, I went ahead and fast forwarded and the cheap screwdriver technique of prying parts off? I can’t watch that either. Is that a rabbit? Gotta go… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Very unprofessional .... Crude, and it never dealt with the bore... And It isn't a Colt... Jabez Cowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 There didn't appear to be too much of a recoil spring in the "finished" gun. Looked like it took zero effort to rack the slide. Such a hack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Well it was only a 32 auto. Don't need a real strong recoil spring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I liked it better with the rust in the first part of the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 glad all of mine look far better than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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