As some of you know i´m a Remington man really.
Not only that, what started out shade tree became a part time solution as far as working on old n antique guns.
But yeah. Although i personally own a plethora of old cap n ball revolvers i have to admit to being a Remington man at heart.
Now.
Sometimes fact surpass fiction, and i´d say so in this case...
Oh yeah?
Uhu, oh yeah. We get this new dude at the club right, a hunter like most of us. At this specific instance old friend Stefan is at the range airing his 1858´s. He´s got a few of them.
So this new dude walks up to try a few shots and bursts out "Hey! I´ve got one of these at home! But i believe it´s a non firing replica.
We used it to play cowboys n indians when i was a kid. Always been there.. in a drawer."
So Stefan tells him to seek me up and let me be the judge. So.. "Dan" calls me up asking if he could swing by with this old replica for me to take a look at.
Well. As a new member to the club, sure. Bring it.
..and he does. Dan.
He walks in the door with this piece and it takes me like a few secs flat to realize this is an old original. Untouched.
Dan still doesn´t understand squat, he just stands there as i ask to pick the thing apart. "Non firing replica" "It carries a plug in the barrel too".
Nah.
Not really, guns needs to be cleaned out on occasion. That´s all.
Back story here is that Dan great grand dad was a skipper and he bought this thing when visiting NY at the turn of the century approx. Brought it home, and it´s resided in a drawer at the family residence since.
Used to play cowboys n indians.
I keep explaining while picking the thing apart, cleaning it as i go, and i guess it´s starting to dawn on Dan what we got here.
So.
I tells him that it´d be a good idea to "conserve" the thing. Ie; boil it in water, then into some sort of petroleum based fluid to finally be carded clean.
This converts any and all red rust, which is always present albeit we might not see it with the nekkid eye.. turns it into black oxide.
Dan being flabbergasted to say the least basically just nods and goes.. "Uhu.. uhu.. i´ll pick it up in a week then?"
Yeah Dan. You do that.
So here we go gents. An original NMA that´s spent most of its life in a drawer in Torslanda/Sweden. Since basically 1900 then..
So a week passed and Dan showed up to pick his dear old family loom up and about fell over. I told him the approx worth of the piece, where he about fell over again.
..and i´ll about guarantee you good folks one thing.
This guns days as a prop for cowboys n indians around the garden.. has most likely come to an end. Dan is a cool guy though cause.. we kind of struck a deal.
As sorts of a "thank you" for puttin him in the loop.. he brings the piece and fires it on a regular basis. As dear Mr Remington once intended.
There ya go.
Facts. Fiction.
