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Originally Posted by Michiana  Did he strip it down and put it back together after refinishing or did you have to do it? I never had it done to a gun so have no idea what it costs. Not sure if I want to put $125 into this gun as it will be for my enjoyment and never sold. |
I gave him a complete gun. He returned a complete gun.
In between he totally disassembled it, stripped it, got rid of the rust and rust pits, even polished the feed ramp. He wanted to polish out some of the casting marks in the frame (at no extra charge) and make it look like a custom gun, but I had to make him swear he would not make it look nicer than a stock gun! The old blued Combat Master pistols were actually pretty rough around the edges, he wanted to refit some of the parts, polish up everything, grind down the mold marks, etc (again for $125). Basically I wouldn't let him do to this gun what he normally does for that same price because I wanted the gun to look original, not custom.
Basically for $125 I got a brand new gun. As I got the gun at a very discounted price, my total cost in the gun is low, but the gun now looks like a $1000 pistol.