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The Swamp Fox
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One thing I've always wanted to add to my collection has been a Colt revolver but the price tag always prevented me from making the purchase. Until I walked into a small little gun shop and they had a Colt Detective Special on sale for $340. Timing and lockup was tight, the bore wasn't shot out and the trigger was everything I expected it to be. The guy behind the counter said it was cheap because it was ugly and nobody would want to buy it. As you can see in the photo it definitely has some heavy finish wear. I don't know about the rest of you but to me Glocks are ugly, on a Colt some wear is just character. I've already made up my own history of this gun for my own amusement. Maybe I'll write a short story about it some day.
Anyway onto my dilemma, the medallions in the grips had rotated over time so I decided to remove the grips and try to rotate them back. Now I cannot get the grip screw to go back in. The threads do not grip each other and screw just freely slides through the hole on the other side. I know the easiest answer is buy new grips but I like these worn ones, it's part of the guns character. Does anyone have any ideas how to save these grips?
Anyway onto my dilemma, the medallions in the grips had rotated over time so I decided to remove the grips and try to rotate them back. Now I cannot get the grip screw to go back in. The threads do not grip each other and screw just freely slides through the hole on the other side. I know the easiest answer is buy new grips but I like these worn ones, it's part of the guns character. Does anyone have any ideas how to save these grips?