We bought it with 6 miles in April. We hit 21,300 yesterday.
I picked up a couple of guns along the way.
Car first post detail
The first gun I picked up is a 1986 DW 44. It's a spiffy gun. It and all of it's parts need a good cleaning.
One small tiny problem. It was the previous owners first centerfire pistol, he put the barrel nut on with a force of 1200 ugga duggas. He rounded over the shoulder of the barrel nut. I suspect he heated it up at some point. When I tried to take it off using the DW barrel tool, the stainless chipped away.
I spoke at length with DW, and I'm waiting on my RMA, shipping label etc. It should be a pretty easy fix. They are also going to check their NOS barrels and make sure the 2.5, 4, 6, and 8-inch full underlug barrels they have will fit and function in this older gun.
The second gun I found yesterday. It's a 25-5 somewhere around 83. The throats are big, all six gauge at .455, bore is 452. I went out and shot 37 rounds of my .452 Matt's bullet loads, probably about 7 or 8 varieties, and I hit everything I was aiming at from 45 ft. I think it will be just peachy, accuracy-wise.
As for the .455 throats. I've got a couple of options. I can swage .454 lead bullets and powder coat them. That'll bring me pretty darn close to .4555, which is a no-pass through, and a .4551 is a pass through. With swaged pure lead, there will be some bullet base obturation, and that should allow for a good cylinder seal.
These are the only marks on it.
