today my dad showed me a Colt Series 70 1911 he bought a few years ago, that I didn't even know he had.
He has never shot the thing, and really hasn't done much with it, but he has kept oil on it. This was a LEO's personal weapon, so it has some holster wear, and a couple of small spots of corrosion on the top of the slide, and along the right side of the frame in front of the trigger.
Normally this is nothing I would hesitate to remove with some fine steel wool and some oil, but being this is an all original colt, I would hate to ruin any value in the pistol.
Thoughts on what to do?? Not opposed to sending it to someone for some work if thats really the way to go.
thanks,
clay
He has never shot the thing, and really hasn't done much with it, but he has kept oil on it. This was a LEO's personal weapon, so it has some holster wear, and a couple of small spots of corrosion on the top of the slide, and along the right side of the frame in front of the trigger.
Normally this is nothing I would hesitate to remove with some fine steel wool and some oil, but being this is an all original colt, I would hate to ruin any value in the pistol.
Thoughts on what to do?? Not opposed to sending it to someone for some work if thats really the way to go.
thanks,
clay