Today I restored a destroyed Smith and Wesson 38 special revolver! Watch the video to see the results!
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@paulheitkemper15599 ай бұрын
"Where do you find these guns?" "I start with a perfectly serviceable gun, then I encase it in concrete for 6 months."
@jonathanbias45067 ай бұрын
The suspension of disbelief is so real with these channels
@70streetcompton4218 күн бұрын
Qe tontería pensar así solo disfruta no denigres
@eduardoalagostorres37778 ай бұрын
It's hard for me to imagine how those wooden handles rusted...😂😂
@frankdoss63135 ай бұрын
that even caking of "rust" all over everything had to be quite a challenge (to create)
@armyreaper635 ай бұрын
and its crazy with all the rust pitting on the outside that inside of the gun while nasty them parts cleaned up with zero pitting like it was packed in a grease on the inside.... almost like it was just covered in clay and left to rust for awhile not found dug up in a river bed.
@JackedALF4 ай бұрын
this is absolutely staged
@yomomma70564 ай бұрын
and why has part of the handle been digitally pixelated at 2:15
@PastorColston4 ай бұрын
Looks like it was battered and fried. Lol
@danjohnston34228 ай бұрын
Mom's gonna be SUPER pissed about her slow cooker.
@DAFORCEFilms9 ай бұрын
Fried in the Colonel’s secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.
@jamesmoore33652 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@fawman1019 ай бұрын
This channel and couple others greatest skill is getting these guns into these ridiculous conditions in the first place.
@70streetcompton4218 күн бұрын
No seas ridículo eso lo harías tu y por eso piensas asi
@70streetcompton4218 күн бұрын
Solo disfruta y deja el drama
@dalebowman36662 ай бұрын
Good restoration of a pistol covered in brown plaster.
@evatatus9 ай бұрын
Great restore of this revolver, reminds me of my grandpappy
@ravenblitz19699 ай бұрын
So can someone tell me, how all the fine wire springs were in such good condition?
@captainamericaamerica80907 ай бұрын
They are made of rust proof materials
@tonykourounblis18543 ай бұрын
The whole thing is a scam
@user-li9zk2vz5y2 ай бұрын
Это просто контент , искусственно состариные вещи
@chrisbrodbeck1961Ай бұрын
Yes, they replaced the springs
@Legion1203-ky4dlАй бұрын
@@tonykourounblis1854Your birth was a scam
@italoamericano94095 ай бұрын
No lo puedo creer, que genio! Te felicito man, un trabajo perfecto, y no me esperaba que dispares. El mejor fimal .
@sidneydavidulrey4539 ай бұрын
I would love to know the circumstances behind how it got in that condition.
@unnamed7159 ай бұрын
My guess is it slept with the fishes, along with the bodies of the souls it took 😅
@geneb54829 ай бұрын
@@unnamed715😂😂😂
@MoxJet6298 ай бұрын
This idiot destroys them all himself. You think he just happens to find a bunch of rusted guns?
@MrLanternland8 ай бұрын
@@zeekwolfe6251 What do you mean?
@ryanhansen54848 ай бұрын
They are drowning them in acid that causes intense rusting very fast and burying them. All these youtubers are doing it for easy restoration videos.
@ronniconnelly9339 ай бұрын
I didn’t know revolvers had so many parts. I have a greater respect for them seeing this gun restored
@halvarianknight44778 ай бұрын
Not every gun can be like the Sten Gun with a total of 47 parts, only 4 of which that really moved.
@buckbuck32367 ай бұрын
I once repaired the trigger assembly on a revolver & let me tell you it was a bit of a mofo job, it was like I needed 3 hands all at once to complete the task ! 😂
@MdAffak-dw4ws5 ай бұрын
@jjd19835 ай бұрын
I'm nervous for this guy on the reassembly 😮 SO many parts!
@EnzoLeproni-dc6kc4 ай бұрын
if you think about it, it's simple, the center is the hammer: raising it, you rotate the cylinder, you block it by training the chamber and barrel, and you move the trigger back into the firing position. in double action you move the opposite, the trigger raises the hammer, which does as described before. the only thing apart is the L-shaped bar which prevents the firing pin from reaching the trigger in the event of an accident. a very ingenious system of levers and pins
@joshbevill17707 ай бұрын
Thanks for test firing it . 👍
@galloglas69077 ай бұрын
Evaporust on the handles. He must be in some alternate reality where wood rusts. 😂😂😂
@blakenoble40143 ай бұрын
The stuff can be used for other things....like a flat head screwdriver is meant for screws but can be used as a chisel
@mcgoodle9 ай бұрын
I'll admit it; I've always preferred revolvers over semi-automatics because revolvers have "fewer moving parts." But this video showed that there's A LOT more going in a revolver than meets the eye. And, it showed why good quality revolvers are so expensive.
@buckbuck32367 ай бұрын
FAR more accidents occur with a semi automatic weapon than with a single action revolver !.
@ThurgoodJenkinz6 ай бұрын
Double action
@buckbuck32366 ай бұрын
@@ThurgoodJenkinz I stand corrected,,yes, double action 👍🏼
@PANICBLADE5 ай бұрын
What they usually mean when they say fewer moving parts is fewer EXPOSED moving parts. In my experience, people who say that are usually not experienced gunsmiths, but experienced shooters, so they don't know as much about what's in a handgun as they do about what's on it. DA revolvers usually have a trigger, a cylinder, a latch button, a hammer, and an ejector rod: about 5 parts that, if messed with or not navigated properly, can make the gun experience failure. A typical 1911 has a trigger, a slide, a thumb safety, a grip safety, a hammer, a removable magazine, a slide release/lock and a moving barrel, which is on a swinging link and exposes itself when fired in order for the gun to eject a casing and feed a new round. The 1911 was the US standard for semi autos until the 80s, so when people are referring to semi autos as having a lot of moving parts, they're likely referring to that platform of handgun. In an emergency, safeties can sometimes trip up startled shooters, and whether or not the slide has been racked ahead of time or the round was chambered properly also caused people some issues that the revolver circumnavigated with its external simplicity. Nowadays, there are semi autos with no exposed hammers or thumb/grip safeties, as well as more reliable feeding and extraction systems, which even 1911 platforms benefit from. There are more differences internally, of course, but that's beside the point. Both are uniquely reliable platforms now, and everything depends on what your intended use is. While things not being exposed make them less likely to be subjected to the elements or mishandling, it also means that, if something does interfere with them, you have to take the gun apart to fix it. Most revolvers need at least a screw driver to get at faulty parts. Most semi autos don't need a tool at all to get to what is likely to fail. It's also important to remember that more parts = more complicated = more likely to fail is a complete fallacy that is not universally true from an engineering standpoint. Yes, you shouldn't make things unnecessarily complicated, but a well designed machine, if it has more parts, likely utilizes those parts for a more effective and reliable result. In a computer, they often have cooling fan/vent systems that prevent the computer from breaking via overheating. The computer literally wouldn't be able to function very long without it, yet it consists of additional parts. Same with guns, Smith and Wesson used to have the firing pin that ignited the primers as part of the hammer itself. This actually led to a severe number of failures, according to S&W armorers, who would constantly repair these guns. They redesigned the firing pin separately from the hammer, now housed inside the frame of the gun, and now they no longer have near as many hammer/pin involved failures they have to correct, despite using more parts in the design.
@davidhill10455 ай бұрын
I was mesmerised from start to finish...
@matthewrutherford616410 ай бұрын
Now that is how you restore thank you sir.
@charllesoliveira58178 ай бұрын
Great job dude !
@pacificdune8 ай бұрын
This is a great video! I think it would be even more interesting if you started with the original gun and showed what you did to it before cleaning it up again.
@nomis30458 ай бұрын
Well said. Obviously just covered it in some sort of concrete or something. How come those tiny springs survived without any corrosion and the threads and pins were all usable?
@jimjam40828 ай бұрын
Personally, I like when my wood grips develops layers of "rust"
@nomis30458 ай бұрын
@@jimjam4082 oh yes, one of life’s greatest mysteries is rusty wood. I’ve heard of ironwood but I don’t think that rusts anyway 🤣
@captainamericaamerica80907 ай бұрын
@@nomis3045 they are made from Rust proof materials.
@mikewhittaker59845 ай бұрын
I agree I claim bs
@danielshannon60279 ай бұрын
Police may be looking for that thing. 😉
@johnnyl3218 ай бұрын
that was the first thing I was thinking of too....he found someone's hidden evidence
@stevenkimsey70399 ай бұрын
It's on my list of must have revolvers
@olenielsen7025Ай бұрын
Stunningly great restoration. Remember that guns don´t kill people! People kills people!!!
@TheCHIEF0926 ай бұрын
It is simply amazing that a revolver has that many parts.
@robertwatson8182 ай бұрын
it is a Smith and Wesson. T he insides are modular so there are not very many parts. A Ruger has even less.
@Axolol699 ай бұрын
amazing how there seems to be rust on the WOODEN grip
@ThurgoodJenkinz6 ай бұрын
ok
@adamlux82455 ай бұрын
Maybe behind the scenes Marty had Doc use his Deloreons Tri-Flux Capacitor to remove that unique “wood rust”!
@Ljgaming8265 ай бұрын
Might be ironwood lolol
@RandyShaffer-jc8qc5 ай бұрын
Not rust
@AtlasReburdened5 ай бұрын
I think it's more amazing that you dont know what rust looks like😂😂😂
@omarbastidas68679 ай бұрын
Admirable y satisfactirio desde el comienzo hasta el final. gran profesional . Gracias por compartir .lo felicitó.
@ninety5r6397 ай бұрын
Restroring things that are rusty and beat up videos are satisfying asf to watch
@craigpfleger370510 ай бұрын
Why would the grips have the same color oxidation. Odd
@igortokarev846010 ай бұрын
Превосходная работа! Мастеру респект!
@juanguajardo8738 ай бұрын
Excelente trabajo de Restauración good Yop perfect 🙂👍🏽
@vanmanrick19 ай бұрын
Smoke a joint and watch some guy clean a pistol. Life is good.
@micahperoulis8 ай бұрын
I find it eerie to think about how this gun is probably someone’s secret from long ago. Great work!
@Eduardot123455567 ай бұрын
Nah, it's artificially reliced
@deliveryguy74029 ай бұрын
I know that wasnt rust on the handles because they are wooden. So why use Vaporust? That looked like someone had dropped the gun in plaster.
@melodymccullough52628 ай бұрын
Putting that puzzle of a gun back together would probably stress me out. 🤣 Great job! 👏
@TheGodParticle2 ай бұрын
I had no idea that there were so many parts to 38.
@markk36528 ай бұрын
Tremendous job restoring this one. Brass drift pins and plastic end hammers won't mar the metal upon disassembly. This one was pretty much ravaged by rust and corrosion, but I still winced while watching it being knocked apart.😮
@marcusfry1787 ай бұрын
Amen, I winced as well. Too much prying also, there are better ways.
@davidbrewster59047 ай бұрын
You didn't notice he was using a metal hammer to at first trying to open the cylinder, then all of a sudden we see the plastic end being used? Did you also notice that every screw was removed with no problem?
@markk36527 ай бұрын
@@davidbrewster5904 clever editing
@ShotgunDart7 ай бұрын
First, he is the one who ruined it in the first place. He removed every screw without problem, and it's coated in a layer of some shit he likely left it in for a month or three. Second, he's a hack. These aren't proper gunsmith tools.
@colinj52912 ай бұрын
@@ShotgunDart Guy is using a blacksmith's hammer and plastic Dixie cups lol.
@kokoterider74639 ай бұрын
Wonder how they make the things grow with molds to simulate rust and plaque.
@gameoverlordN78 ай бұрын
The fact it still fires with no hickups is amazing
@Rebel_Tech7 ай бұрын
Literally the first thing that popped in my head when I saw it: “Southern Fried Smith & Wesson”.
@michaelvarble43929 ай бұрын
Great workmanship and great knowledge of the gun itself. Im impressed with the outcome. Thank you
@edwinthompson65108 ай бұрын
i do restoration work on armaments ,must say this is a good instructive video,,,,, but for the life of me he makes it look soooo easy,,,,,,,,, rusty screws n leavers bolts ,,, dont work that easy fr me,,,, i use a impact screwdriver even then heads of slot cross screw heads burr and endup having to precise drill them out ,, bu its all worth while in the end,,,,Ed
@joniwelson54377 ай бұрын
Kreeen.!! Bro..ini ahli bengkel revolver
@CarlosAguilar-cu2ek9 ай бұрын
Nice work bellisssssssimo. I love 38 special
@captainamericaamerica80907 ай бұрын
Best for personal protection. Very dependable
@donparker18237 ай бұрын
Thanks for test firing. I was thinking this one was too far gone to shoot. That wooden vice was a very prudent idea.
@davidschweikhart45910 ай бұрын
Mr., I am impressed. First with your ability. Next, with your willingness to do this project. And third, seeing the parts of that pistol that were eaten away by rust as they were, you still (safely) fired that good old Smith and Wesson. GOOD JOB! 😎👍👍👍
@alwignot35847 ай бұрын
Yeah, I didn’t think it was capable of actually firing..glad everything worked
@davidbrewster59047 ай бұрын
Did you actually see THAT gun fire? I didn't! I saw him throw some (ONE) round into a chamber. Then he claimed the camera "overheated". I was born at night, but it wasn't last night!
@tomperkins56574 ай бұрын
You might want to see a couple other posts before raving.
@raulleon10158 ай бұрын
I love the way it looks corroded but restaurated!!! very nice!!! a true pice of art!
@fuqui0357 ай бұрын
This guy has a lot of patience
@user-bw3tv8xs7z9 ай бұрын
My first thought was it had been battered and deep fried; like someone got drunk and thought they were making onion rings. The next day, “Honey, hand me some aspirin… and have you seen my .38?!?”
@looseele8 ай бұрын
how in the world did that gun get such a uniform layer of clay all over it? And why did you have to use rust remover on wood?🤔
@The_Butler_Did_It7 ай бұрын
Must have been ironwood.
@alexanderdembik89905 ай бұрын
Its absolutely amazing!!! You are cool!👏👏👏
@ghprose6 ай бұрын
Revolvers are definitely underrated.
@rogerjohnsen40278 ай бұрын
How coiuld it have so much rust and still have springs?
@user-zv9yk7yf8r16 күн бұрын
Пружины из более качественной легированой стали.
@blakewynn51938 ай бұрын
So much fun to watch! Thank you so much for firing it from a rig. It gave me a lot of peace of mind knowing it wasn't going to blow up in your hand! 😆 Again, great video!
@markchizmadia20045 ай бұрын
The human mind and the human hand are truly amazing machines.
@aidanlegomaniac9 ай бұрын
Hell yeah, swamp gun. Extra poison damage.
@MrFYGY10 ай бұрын
Wow very nice!
@user-pn2vj8hd7q8 ай бұрын
From how it looked before the restoration and how it looked after is a pretty phenomenal transformation. Well done buddy. Very well done.
@cayezara81107 ай бұрын
Wow! That was an amazing restoration! ❤❤❤
@agnesmalloy73845 ай бұрын
Love this!! I hope I’m able to watch the whole video without falling asleep 😂😂
@christaylor21688 ай бұрын
That gun was almost petrified. You did a fantastic job on the restoration. From a rock to a working gun. Amazing
@MrMuppetbaby10 ай бұрын
I am ALWAYS absolutely amazed at what you do for these forgotten relics. I enjoy watching watch (timepiece) restorations too and there's really no difference. Precision work is fascinating to watch. Anybody can swing a ball-peen but you know exactly how & where to do it! Thanks again Rustic. Best, Tod in Vagas. :)
@patrickmoore42327 ай бұрын
Gullible much?
@lucasmxo9 ай бұрын
Melhor vídeo pra assistir parabéns 🎉
@yanceyrobertson24143 ай бұрын
Extremely entertaining. I just love all these negative comments from people who have never brought an old pistol back to life. I bet if I scroll down far enough some self-righteous judgmental "expert" will criticize you for dry firing it, lecturing you that you might hurt it.
@SCP_Scarlet_Officer8 ай бұрын
Rust on the WOODEN handle, Kinda strange…
@zig27426 ай бұрын
Rust spreads you know… rust can be on almost any, along with mold and other things.
@georgebrown83128 ай бұрын
Amazing how you restored that old 38 special handgun to working order. I thought it was too far gone to be restored but you managed to restore it so that it can fire. It also looks much better than before. Excellent work.
@JoseVeliz-st7zz7 ай бұрын
buena que hiciste esa pistola está cálida
@davidbrewster59047 ай бұрын
Right!! No half-smart person would even attempt to fire a round through that gun!
@user-yy5rl5ml7y7 ай бұрын
@@JoseVeliz-st7zzhi y hi hello Ruth, sure to authorise will be taken care of your own
@74bobby6 ай бұрын
@davidbrewster5904 I sure Wouldn't
@captainamericaamerica80907 ай бұрын
Very reliable. 38specials!
@The_Real_RG39 ай бұрын
The spring that came out if the bullet chamber looked damn good. 🤔
@jamiechandley73698 ай бұрын
I was wondering if you intend to file this weapon with the barrel in the condition it’s in. I would be worried that the corroded part near the cylinder would be a weak point that could possibly explode if you fire a .38 round out of that barrel.
@garyburgmylifeandtimes63546 ай бұрын
There was no way I thought that pistol would ever fire again! Impressive to say the least, great job. The actual finished product looks pretty cool too. I'm not sure how safe it is but the fact that is works and fires at all is amazing.
@Mountain_Paladin5 ай бұрын
This gun was intentionally put into a caustic solution and dried out to make this video. It was a controlled solution . Look at the springs and workings they're shiny and in near perfect condition. No pitting , even the engraving everywhere is near perfect.
@burthoppy4 ай бұрын
I see this also.
@Mountain_Paladin4 ай бұрын
@@burthoppy I like restoration videos because I love doing restoration. It gives me ideas to my projects. But when people stage it just to get views ....its sad.
@austin75304 ай бұрын
No pitting? Ur joking right… did you even watch the whole video???
@Mountain_Paladin4 ай бұрын
@@austin7530 yes I did . I can create the same effect by spraying caustic liquid upon it. But with the severity of corrosion on the outer while the small intricate nomenclature like the springs were unaffected would allow a reasonable suspicion of a staged event. No doubt the motive would be to trigger views to a platform that gives financial benefits for such views. And yet it's just my opinion.
@somnathghosal69544 ай бұрын
@@Mountain_Paladin the screws are opened easily.
@Life___stories9 ай бұрын
Хорошо что в конце испытания проводите👍 приятно смотреть! Продолжай в том же духе!🤙
@thomasfreeman32628 ай бұрын
And yet more beating on it metal to metal with screw drivers and punches and steel hammers - more awesomeness. 😱😱
@ImGdiddy9 ай бұрын
S&W never plated hammers or triggers. They were always case hardened. Absolutely amazing that the internal parts and the extractor mechanism were in the condition that they were considering the damage to the outside. This one must have been dragged out of a river after being there for a good while.
@geneb54829 ай бұрын
Makes me wonder why it was in the river 😂
@turdferguson81519 ай бұрын
@@geneb5482you know exactly why lol
@MoxJet6298 ай бұрын
Wrong. They hard chrome plated a ton of hammers and triggers.
@gmac88527 ай бұрын
Thrown in lagoon after murderous person murder people with it.
@MoxJet6297 ай бұрын
@@gmac8852 nah, this guy 100% rusts everything himself.
@wayneandrus24010 ай бұрын
Excellent restoration work!! Very enjoyable!!
@mrbuttneked9 ай бұрын
awesome job
@nestoriovillar76709 ай бұрын
Watching from Marikina City, Philippines
@bryanduncan16402 ай бұрын
Why would wooden handles be covered in rust?
@BigO46016 күн бұрын
That’s clearly not rust
@steveneastland41289 ай бұрын
Even though it must be so satisfying to chip away like this I can imagine how much fun you’d have with a vapour blaster
@bobweiss913810 ай бұрын
Nice job would like to see you use brass tools especially your sledge hammer ❤
@MASI_forging10 ай бұрын
I always enjoy and seeing, such a great restoration. 👍👍
@patanvalle93797 ай бұрын
Nice work... the old S&W are the better ones, You can do anything with them and they will still work... the new models no longer have the quality they used to... This poor revolver was destroyed under all that rust and didn't even flinch when they asked it to work again... Congratulations and greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
@wandaeller54857 ай бұрын
Amazing just to watch....
@user-zz7yj8jb7i5 ай бұрын
Nice work. Impressive. I have a couple of pistols that went through a fire several years ago. Kept them in oil over the years, so they're in relatively good shape (compared to the stuff you've been working on). Is there a way to contact you with some pictures and a quote for restoration? Thx
@steveavery15339 ай бұрын
Truly amazing! But I can't help but wonder how the gun got into such bad shape originally.
@blatantpowder8 ай бұрын
saw a comment saying they destroy them on purpose for content, so idk man, that thought is always in the back of my mind now that I watch these videos
@gmac88527 ай бұрын
It was used for murder and dumped in lagoon but was found by restoration man to be restored and used again. Endless cycle of murder machines.
@samuelfellows69235 ай бұрын
Fraudulent 😠
@MrTruckerf5 ай бұрын
A baseball bat is a murder machine if you want it to be. Anything can be, even your hands. @@gmac8852
@samouflage998 ай бұрын
That S&W was brought back from its eternal slumber and just asked: "What's for breakfast?"
@r.tomrobison83077 ай бұрын
I'm amazed how far they had tear it down. Great job.
@DomenicVermillion9 ай бұрын
i can't even keep my apartment clean and this individual is out here breathing new life into relics. Incredible workmanship
@AbandonedExplorationSquad10 ай бұрын
When are we getting a hand reveal???
@ZombieCraft-ds4bm10 ай бұрын
Never seen a hand restoration, wonder how it’s done
@bigcoacho262510 ай бұрын
Someone's got a hand fetish
@largeboseheadphone64949 ай бұрын
Onlyhands
@thegamerboy6259 ай бұрын
@@largeboseheadphone6494 wow
@arthuroneill5175 ай бұрын
The semi automatic was a nice to watch restoration, i hope it is going to a museum 😢
@thefleecegeese2488 ай бұрын
You find it if you find it then you’re really good at finding things❤
@neznamstaneznamgdje9 ай бұрын
Why don't you wash the revolver in distilled water first? This way there is a high probability that you will break something on it!
@TheFruitofTruth6 ай бұрын
Never knew plastic/wooden handles could get so rusty! 😮 Sarcasm if you couldn’t figure it out.
@thomasfreeman32628 ай бұрын
Now we have switched to a metal screw driver. Awesome. 😱
@rik2817 ай бұрын
Wow! Awesome
@rodneyfrost16749 ай бұрын
How did this gun get into this condition? What's all that yellow stuff? Maybe there is and interesting story here.
@pacificdune8 ай бұрын
Concrete mixed with mustard? I think this is cluck bait. He took a working gun, messed it up, then cleaned it.
@user-xc6wd3hb4s9 ай бұрын
Nice restoration! Amazing how perfect the internal parts were! Too bad about the pitting on the outside.
@thegamerboy6259 ай бұрын
Its a double action revolver. Meaning if you pull the trigger it cocks the hammer and shoots it.
@TrueThiago10 ай бұрын
That’s an awesome work! Congrats! Rio de Janeiro - 🇧🇷
@JLCra879 ай бұрын
I would have liked to see some of the surface pitting removed, but thats just my preference. Awesome restoration! 😎
@edwinthompson65108 ай бұрын
maybe harden filler,,,, milliput i use "two part filler" can be drilled tapped when cured ,,,, Edwin J
@ajaylahane29169 ай бұрын
The weapon is clearly seen artificially rusted or made so by dipping in some liquid.
@helowrenchturn28 ай бұрын
🙄
@pap_pap8 ай бұрын
yea its pretty obvious, wood doesnt rust, rust isnt yellow like that, if it was tossed in a river it would look way diffrent
@bobwallett7 ай бұрын
Yeah and he's damaged the barrel on purpose too
@billhenderson41357 ай бұрын
When he unscrewed the grips you could see shiny threads.
@wellissone7 ай бұрын
Eu percebi isso mesmo. O material usado pra ficar parecendo ferrugem, parece rejunte de azulejos. Nesse estado os parafusos não soltariam facilmente como pareceu
@mojavepatrol47679 ай бұрын
it looks like a Victory model, I don't know where you live but a replacement barrel and side plate shouldn't be hard to get. I had to replace the barrel on mine and it wasn't that difficult to get the part. All you have to do is keep the originals in case you need to put them back...beautiful job..
@nickmonaco9605 ай бұрын
Depending on where that was found, I wonder how many bodies it has on it. Great restoration.