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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a while back we got some guns that had been in a fire.
- Gary Reeder, 2019-03-19, 13:40
- You are the man!!! (nm) - bigboar, 2019-03-20, 08:57
- Wow! Very nice work! (nm) - Derek, 2019-03-20, 05:24
- Dang that's nice work! (nm) - ChrisG, 2019-03-19, 20:22
- Impressive work! BZ to you and your crew. (nm) - JPL, 2019-03-19, 18:27
- Oh my goodness. Miracles happen before our eyes. (nm) - O’ Gary, 2019-03-19, 18:10
- Massively impressive....as expected (nm) - Blake, 2019-03-19, 17:43
- Nice, Nice job. Look like new. Pete (nm) - BlackPete, 2019-03-19, 16:27
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At what point do you have to worry about heat treatment
- Patrick McCann, 2019-03-19, 16:25
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I had a fire-damaged Seville once
- Steve W, 2019-03-19, 17:26
- yep, if a spring gets too hot it collapses and some of the - Gary Reeder, 2019-03-19, 17:28
- we can look at the internals and tell as they are softer - Gary Reeder, 2019-03-19, 17:12
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I had a fire-damaged Seville once
- Steve W, 2019-03-19, 17:26
- Absolutely incredible transformations. Like Phoenix. (nm) - GregG, 2019-03-19, 15:39
- That Winchester looks better than it did new (nm) - Steve W, 2019-03-19, 14:41
- Beautiful work. A testament to you and your guys. (nm) - SPB, 2019-03-19, 14:33
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Very amazing that these guns have been brought back from —/
- Jeff Spencer, 2019-03-19, 13:50
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Damm
- james, 2019-03-19, 15:52
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That kind of work would be deeply satisfying to me.
- Howard, 2019-03-19, 16:57
- I do enjoy it (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2019-03-19, 20:29
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That kind of work would be deeply satisfying to me.
- Howard, 2019-03-19, 16:57
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Damm
- james, 2019-03-19, 15:52