Polished Turds - Old and Busted Guns Given a New Lease of Life

[Polarblair]

Here I have my first pistol; a WE 1911 bought for £20 a few years back.

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It used to be a rental from my old site so can only presume it's led a hard life. After being neglected for a couple of years while on a break from airsoft I dug it out again to find the mag had been stored with no gas. Presumed the worst for the state of the seals but amazingly the thing still holds gas - no leaks!

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Anyhoo, as the thread title suggest I decided to spruce her up. First pic is off the net - forgot to take a before shot but mine was in a much worse state of repair. Bit of wet and dry to give it a nice smooth matte finish on the slide, trigger and grip safety. Drilled the trigger too but did a bit of a crappy job on that.

Sooo: lets see your rescue guns. Please no works of art or pristine examples. Strictly old, and busted guns given a new lease of life.

[mightyjebus]

Re: Polished Turds - Old and Busted Guns Given a New Lease of Life

this:


to this:

[Polarblair]

Re: Polished Turds - Old and Busted Guns Given a New Lease of Life

Now that just looks new! Lovely job and huge improvement over that fugly two tone job.

[jonny lovegrove]

We 1911 (desert warrior). I was given it for free
(Earliest pic i have.) the slide was also covered in the green enamel paint.
It wasnt cycling correctly and generally fubar.
So i filed and sanded it down (this paint was horrible)

And then i took the top layer off the lower frame. (I havent got one after id tidied it up fully)

And then sold it for £60. A while later i got it back with a 10" slide he wanted fitted, so with the spares i had laying about i pieced up another pistol.

(Top and right, right is missing hammer in pic)

[seansamurai1]

Re: Polished Turds - Old and Busted Guns Given a New Lease of Life

Plastic bodied AK by Cyma with the Nast plastic wood furniture.
Changed the body to a spare metal one, tweaked and fettled.

Looks war torn and beaten up.


From a bag of bits and a G&P body bought for 50 quid unused.


Originally a tan army armaments kimber with a knackered hammer.