I'd rather have a refinished gun than a safe queen.
Why would that be? I’ve had a few safe queens pass through my hands, still have a few, they all worked and looked as the manufacturer intended.
Best,
Ted
You left out the best part Ted!
Look for how proud the metal is of the wood...each refinish takes it down a bit.
Refinished is good...there's little benefit to original condition.
Ted, I'm afraid we both somehow clicked on something that led us through an internet portal to a bizarre alternate universe.
In this bizarro world, refinished guns are valued more than safe queens, or even New-in-Box specimens...
Buffed and well circulated coins are valued more than uncirculated MS-70 Proof coins...
Cancelled Postage Stamps are worth more than the same stamp in new unhinged condition...
A collector car with Bondo and fresh paint covering decades of rust and abuse is worth much more than an extremely low miles vehicle that has been carefully stored and preserved...
In this wacked-out alternate universe where everything you thought you knew is wrong, 25% Biden Inflation is much better for the economy than much lower Trump Inflation. Women happily shop for old broken-in shoes at Goodwill because they are prettier and cheaper. Radical Muslims with Nukes make the world safer. And anti-Gun Democrats are supported by gun owners because we don't really need Gun Rights to own and shoot guns....
And that old out of date Cottage Cheese in the back of your refrigerator.... just scrape the green mold off the top and eat it because everyone knows it's better than the fresh new carton.
Can't make this shit up, but it's where we're at. This has given me a headache, so I'm going to take a couple Tylenol that expired in 1990, and hope for the best.
