Grayfox54

Yep, despite what some people think, a refinish always lowers the value of a gun. Unless the damage sticks out like a sore thumb, just clean it up and leave it alone. Another option is to contact Walther USA in Ft. Smith, AR and see if the will and what the cost is on a factory refinish. I don't know if they offer this service, but it won't hurt to ask. If you just can't live with it and want to do it own your own, you might try just a spot touch up. Clean up the rusty spots. If not too bad or large, you might try touching up those bad spots with cold blue. However, be very careful as most cold blue solutions will dull or even damage the factory blue on the rest of the gun. That depend entirely on what blueing solution and method was originally used. First clean the area with some sort of degreaser. All oil and dirt must be removed from the metal. Ordinary plain alcohol will work. Rinse with cold water and dry thoroughly. DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. Just the oil on your skin is enough to mess it up. Put just a little bit of solution on a Q-tip and apply only to the damaged area. Repeat as needed to match the original finish. When done, apply a good coat of oil to neutralize the solution. Otherwise, the rust will come back. Post some pictures and we can give you much better opinions.

I've never been much for hanging extra stuff on handguns. In all probability, if you have to use it, its gonna be close range and fast. You'll probably just be point shooting anyway. However, I do have one old S&W Model 10 with CT laser grips on it. It came to me with them. I took it to the range to check the zero and guess what? The laser is almost useless in daylight. I had to look hard at the target just to find the dot! I do like the CT setup. Just grab the grip and the laser comes on. Indoors it works just fine. So I now use this as one of my house guns. I'll never carry it, but it works well inside the house.

Still tying to sell it.

More than one.

I sent e-mails to both our Senators and my Representative yesterday. But I wasn't near as polite as you.

Back when I was in the Army (72-75), we were short on just about everything except food. They did feed us good. I can't imagine an Army that can't manage to give its soldiers a decent meal and it pisses me off royally!

According to this article, soldiers at Fort Carson aren't getting enough to eat. This really pisses me off! https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/26/food-hard-find-fort-carson-base-struggles-feeding-soldiers.html?amp=

Seems like every time something pops up in the classifieds that I like, its plumb at the other end of the state. I'm willing to drive a reasonable distance for the right deal. But at my age and health, that's generally only about 100 miles. As far as there being nothing out there to buy, that comes under all kinds of variables. Sometimes there's just a dry spell. It happens.

I have one of these. They're excellent pistols. You may wanna reconsider selling or at least shoot it first and try it for yourself.

I certainly hope that Karate guy is being funny on purpose. If he actually tried that sh!t he'd be dead.

I grew up on folks like Johnny, Merle, Waylon, Willie, Loretta and Tammy. Still love their stuff today. But I gave up on country music somewhere in the 90s. The stuff they make now sounds more like bad pop music. Country music has lost its soul.

Yes. as indicated the Vest Pocket Model came out in 1908. The Colt Junior aka Astra Cub didn't come around until the 1960s. It also has an external hammer making them easy to tell apart. OP has a nice gun there. Somebody should buy it.

Christmas decoration?

I need this out of my way. Make me an offer.

The actual name is Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket. Great little guns.