Steve W
I had a fire-damaged Seville once
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 17:26

The grips were charred and the metal looked horrible. Took it to my gunsmith, who is a world-class custom 1911 builder. He looked at it about 5 seconds and told me it was okay. I was shocked and asked him how he could know so quickly. He said it was simple - the springs were still in good shape. He said had the gun gotten hot enough to damage the structural integrity of the frame and cylinder, it would have first destroyed the temper in the springs.

I wound up shooting that gun a lot. Nary a problem. And, I tucked away a little bit of knowledge for buying future, cheap project guns.

Wish I still had that Seville. I never had it refinished. If I still had it, I'd send it to Gary. :)


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