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Unread 04-15-2019, 04:38 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by Joe Graziano View Post
To update the thread, the gun is a total loss. It was case hardened without being annealed. The frame is warped well beyond repair. Reassembling onto another frame is not possible.

Huh... then how was the name removed the frame polished and the engraving recut without it being annealed? Not that it could not physically be done, but annealing is a critical step to be done first being any of that sort of work is done.
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