Mad John
Active Member
V-Tach....
Well..... You have an ugly mess on your hands but all is not lost. I have had similar pieces to be evaluated by a museum that i work for. They lost several hundred antique guns in a fire and the relics laid in the water while waiting for insurance inspectors evaluations. Then were scraped up with shovels and dumped in buckets and boxes. The whole story is sad and I won't go into it all at this time.
Some were sadly unrecoverable and the insurance company and their so-called conservators were criminal at best. I have been working on their pieces forjust over ten years and recovered over a hundred pieces to fully displayable and functional condition. A labor of love..... lol
The pictures are great but not having the actual piece in hand for close up look is difficult for me to evaluate. John
I posted a reply but I think this will work out better.
Below are some pictures of things that can be done. Both are recoveries from fire and water damage.
The first is of an Manhattan Firearms Company Model 1859 .36 Navy. Nasty!
The second is of a badly burned and rusty Colt Model 1860 .44 Army .... Ugly!
Before & After results..... Comments?
Well..... You have an ugly mess on your hands but all is not lost. I have had similar pieces to be evaluated by a museum that i work for. They lost several hundred antique guns in a fire and the relics laid in the water while waiting for insurance inspectors evaluations. Then were scraped up with shovels and dumped in buckets and boxes. The whole story is sad and I won't go into it all at this time.
Some were sadly unrecoverable and the insurance company and their so-called conservators were criminal at best. I have been working on their pieces forjust over ten years and recovered over a hundred pieces to fully displayable and functional condition. A labor of love..... lol
The pictures are great but not having the actual piece in hand for close up look is difficult for me to evaluate. John
I posted a reply but I think this will work out better.
Below are some pictures of things that can be done. Both are recoveries from fire and water damage.
The first is of an Manhattan Firearms Company Model 1859 .36 Navy. Nasty!
The second is of a badly burned and rusty Colt Model 1860 .44 Army .... Ugly!
Before & After results..... Comments?
