rust-pits

Updated: May 12, 2025

I know that's been done; the bluing is too dark for a Civil War period job; the frame, which ought to be case-hardened in colors, has been blued like the barrel and cylinder, the cylinder-engraving is almost obliterated, and you can see a few rust-pits that have been blued over. But I want to know if this gun was ever in Rivers's shop; that's the important thing." "Uh-huh. Got the addresses?"

H. Beam Piper - Murder in the Gunroom