Is yours made in Worcester or Gardener Massachusetts? Worcester made usually have the firing pin on the hammer and Gardner made have a transfer bar system
My neighbor's kids wash their vehicles at least 5 times a week. My truck just turned 100K and it gets washed once a year when it gets undercoated. The truck is well maintained but it is a work truck...
I had a 949 that I sold because the family needed the money more than I needed the gun. It was a decent revolver and as long as you didn't dry fire a H&R .22 you were good.
I have had some experience with concertina wire when I worked at a maximum security prison. Nasty stuff and it will shred you pretty quickly.
I can remember a friend of my uncle's whizzing on an electric fence when we were raccoon hunting. The howl he let out was amazing!
I try to stay away...
I believe the pristine look that they fret over is similar to the way they think of a vehicle. To me a gun and a vehicle are both tools not to be abused but to serve a purpose. That's not to say that I don't have some pretty guns because I do. Safe queens are nice but they will go bang. I want...