Found a revolver while mowing my lawn

[Andy54Hawken]

Why that there revolver looks like a :
Wild Bill Josey Wales Marshal Dillion John Wesley Hardin special...
All you need now is one for Festus , Lefty , and Johnny Ringo...
Andy

 

[titsonritz]

Throw it at a Honda bumper going down the highway.

 

[nammac]

You can tell by the suppressor thread protector at the end of the barrel that this was an early model, as the front sight is on said thread protector...

 

[Caveman Jim]

Funny you should bring that up. This also happened while I was mowing the lawn -- no joke.
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OMG, y'all got poisonous snakes!!!!

 

[Boboclown]

OMG, y'all got poisonous snakes!!!!

Should see where I'll play in the river... Water moccasins and copperheads, what's not to like?

 

[po18guy]

Rats! Was hoping it was an engraved Hubley!

 

[Flymph]

That will teach your kids to leave valuables laying around!
I plan to take my kids' favorite toys and make them watch as I mow over them in the yard...

Edit to clarify that I will destroy my kids' toys, but I am not opposed to helping you do the same for your kids.

 

[Hayharnel]

You better hang on to that one! Might be the only ones we can keep after the big gun ban.
Those, squirt guns, and rubber band shootas.

 

[etrain16]

The engraving is quite stunning and the wood grain in the grips still looks great. I think you've definitely got a collector there. Little bit of 2 part epoxy and that barrel will be right as rain in no time.


But yeah, the OP, I was totally:

 

[Caveman Jim]

Should see where I'll play in the river... Water moccasins and copperheads, what's not to like?

I know, I used to play with them as a kid in Fayetteville when i was young & dumb.
Nowadays I couldn't hear a rattle snake if it bit me.

 

[BillM]

Little JB weld should fix it right up. Several people have suggested soaking in Kroil.
Good suggestions--but for a classic like this with a locked up cylinder, you will
probably get quicker results soaking it in Acetone. If the Acetone doesn't work,
try Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK).

 

[Geardo]

Funny you should bring that up. This also happened while I was mowing the lawn -- no joke.
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Who won!

 

[notazombie]

Who won!

As much as I wanted to see how it played out, those bull snakes are 100x more useful than the stupid sparkle-chickens so I threw some sticks until the bird left.

 

[Geardo]

sparkle-chickens

 

[DLS]

Neighbors had peacocks when I was a very little kid. We called them "EEEE monsters" due to the Gawd awful noise they continually made.

 

[Geardo]

Neighbors had peacocks when I was a very little kid. We called them "EEEE monsters" due to the Gawd awful noise they continually made.

They are breeding out of control in my parents neighborhood. I keep threatening to go on a reeecock massacre. Just too lazy so far.

 

[DB is Here]

With I594 you'd better get it to an FFL fast...Illegal Transfers carry a life sentence.

 

[revjen45]

Re: penetrating soak - 50/50 ATF & acetone.

 

[WasrNwarpaint]

it was most likely ditched in haste in your yard by a 5 yr old Perp that was under surveillance by the liberal left patrolling the neighborhood looking for finger guns and kids in cowboy hats yelling phew phew phew..............

 

[WasrNwarpaint]

as outlandishly dumb as the left has become....turn it in at the next gun buy back just to keep it out of the hands of children