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This was suuuuuch a fun project! A customer brought a well-loved Colt Single Action Army Bisley revolver -- dated to 1911 -- in .32 WCF to our shop for a top to bottom restoration. The Bisley model was introduced in 1894 as a target pistol, and was named after a firing range in Bisley, England. The Bisleys differentiate from the Peacemakers with their longer grip, wider trigger, and wider hammer spur. 🌠
Sterling first attacked the metal. It wasn't in entirely terrible shape, but he needed to do a lot of polishing and prepping. You can see near the patent date and the 'Bisley Model' on the barrel he couldn't remove all the pits unless he sacrificed the engraving. I happen to like that since it keeps a little bit of history with the piece.
After all the prepping completed, the metal got reblued/color case hardened and turned out **beautifully**! Before we could reassemble it, Sterling and Ron had to replace the hand, hand spring, and trigger spring. The new hand did require a little fitting, which Ron easily did. Once it was reassembled, Sterling gave it a final test fire and voilà! 😍
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