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Not sure how you feel about “antiqued” or “distressed” finishes on guns, guitars, hot rods, etc. but Pietta makes this one and it looks pretty good IMO. Cost about $75 more than a standard finish. Looks fairly close to my original Colt 1860 Army. Shoots pretty well. I think I’ll strip/refinish the grips eventually. video for any interested https://youtu.be/JZYkZ1Y94k8 --------------------------- My hovercraft is full of eels. | ||
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Oriental Redneck |
Pretend finishes. NOPE! Q | |||
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I kind of put them in the same category as pre-ripped jeans and distressed baseball caps. Not for me. | |||
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Yeah, the brand new Gibson SGs with sanded/worn "patina" and fake belt buckle wear always bothered me. For some reason this doesn't. --------------------------- My hovercraft is full of eels. | |||
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I like old guns and replica old guns. I don't mind the aged finish, but I would not pay extra for it, or, at least I never have yet. But I rarely buy an "old gun" new from the dealer, either, usually I get them from someone who loved them a while before I came along. Bob | |||
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Peace through superior firepower |
On black powder repros, sure. After all, this is how these pistols appear to us today, a century and a half after they were manufactured. On firearms outside of that group, I think it looks silly. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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No problem for me. It's trying to replicate an era that is rather appropriate for that gun's original design. Normally I hate distressed finish work on anything new, even when there's a functional purpose (like scratching up the stainless steel materials in a new elevator because the installation could be subjected to future vandalism), but if someone or some company is trying recreate an aura that their item would've lived in, then I can't see how that harms anything. -MG | |||
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I don’t mind distressed finishes on 2 guns. Old Colt SAA clones and blackpowder guns like yours. It just looks right. Now the Sig 365 Spectre? That’s a disaster. Lol | |||
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totally agree. Maybe in 150 years a “distressed” SIG or Glock will not be as offensive, since they’ll look more like the “original” 20th century guns LOL --------------------------- My hovercraft is full of eels. | |||
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Ignored facts still exist |
Seems like the antique finish would almost be a requirement for Cowboy Action Shooting. It would go along with the rest of the costume, of which some are very impressive. You just have to have a cool cowboy name to go with it. . | |||
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I’ve got an Uberti Cattleman with one of those distressed finishes. On that gun it looks pretty good actually. I still wouldn’t have picked that myself, but it was my dads and he loved it. I hate the look on modern guns. The worst is that paint job on ARs that’s meant to look like a the gun was spray painted but then the spray paint has been wearing off because of use. Like this: [ “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Yeah the "dragged behind your tuck" Battle Worn finish on the Spectre does nothing to enhance the durability of the finish. Just because it's starting out with a fake beat up look doesn't mean diddle. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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As someone who's super picky about taking care of my guns, I don't care for the fake finishes. If it's an old gun with real history, then that's a different story. | |||
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