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Well I ordered two of these M82 revolvers. I wanted a 38 Spl gun and I wanted something I could either blue, parkerize or duracoat and learn how to do it. Plus I wanted something cheap so if I messed it up I wouldn't feel too bad. I read A LOT of reviews of these guns and I wasn't expecting too much out of them.

Now the grips do look like a dog chewed them up, spit them out, a semi trailer drove over them and well you get it...but I found a set of 5 dollar grips (Uncle Mikes discontinued grips for M82) that will fit on these guns as long as you remove the lanyard ring. I do plan to keep one set of the wood grips/lanyard rings on one of my guns and change to the plastic black grips.

So remember I bought both of these guns to learn how to refinish stuff and not worry about the outcome if it sucked....

Opened box one and noticed it had some nice holster wear and wear under the trigger guard from being held. (along with not so great looking grip :P) But honestly not to bad, and NO rust. Seems to lock up fine, put in some snap caps and trigger squeeze is decent. (ordered Wolff springs for both guns)

Opened second box and there sat what looked like a brand new gun but with those dog chewed up grips on it. (this will be one that gets new $5 grips) This gun will also get a Wolff spring, and that is it. This gun looks amazing.

At this time I have not fired these guns, but they have cleaned up easily and I am happy with my purchase and the find of 5 dollar grips.

Even if these would of shown up pretty beat up I wouldn't of minded, I read the description and had planned to use these as learning items. Even though I will probably duracoat or reblue the first one I opened..it doesn't really need it..it just has some holster wear and not bad at that. The grips are in bad shape..so be prepared to buy some new ones...also some grips out there you have to cut to fit (i read that about the hogue ones) and/or you will have to remove the lanyard ring. I haven't found any direct replacement wood ones yet and I am not handy enough to clean the ones that came with them.

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