COLTIMPALA
Yo homie... is that my briefcase?
I lurk on this forum quite a bit, and saw some cool things in the gunsmith section, and wanted to share a project I undertook last year.
Of all places I came across it Facebook at a pawn shop in FL. It came to my front door in a faucet box $200 later. The poor thing had been bubba engraved, to include a DL# under the grip that traced back to someone in Michigan. That person had since passed away, and the initials on the gun were  apparently done later by a different owner. And then again by someone else. Based on the extensive wear on the grips it's presumed this gun was carried by an LEO at some point. It took me a bit of time to remove the engraving without damaging the gun, but managed to do what I'd call a perfect repair of that area. I slow rust blued the gun (my preferred method), and bought some less abused grips off eBay and restored those too. This gun may not be anything extremely special, but I'm happy to have brought it back from the dead.
Of all places I came across it Facebook at a pawn shop in FL. It came to my front door in a faucet box $200 later. The poor thing had been bubba engraved, to include a DL# under the grip that traced back to someone in Michigan. That person had since passed away, and the initials on the gun were  apparently done later by a different owner. And then again by someone else. Based on the extensive wear on the grips it's presumed this gun was carried by an LEO at some point. It took me a bit of time to remove the engraving without damaging the gun, but managed to do what I'd call a perfect repair of that area. I slow rust blued the gun (my preferred method), and bought some less abused grips off eBay and restored those too. This gun may not be anything extremely special, but I'm happy to have brought it back from the dead.