Thread: breathing new life into a beautiful old girl

Got the brass bar in to make the escutcheon's for the off side of the stock.






With the roar and duck shooting coming up I have very little time but managed to get some sanding done.







Getting there.
Greg

Bloody duck shooters, man I have had ENOUGH of fixing fucked semi auto shotguns.
Anyway, I have to admit, I am as excited as a teenager about to get a root.
I just got a parcel from the states with what must be the rarest brass cases in existence! I got 6 boxes of 24g magtech brass that I will convert to 577 snider and 577.450 as I need them.
thus the inspiration that I needed.
I spent about 3 hours hand sanding the barrel with wet and dry.
I took it to 2000 grit wet and dry. absolute mirror finish! I now needed to fit the sights and banded sling mount.



that done I spent the rest of the afternoon wrecking the finish by soldering the sights on.




everything else is soaking in a phosphoric acid solution over night to be ready for a bath in the blueing tank in the morning.
so close, I can smell the goex burning!
greg