Thread: English & Spanish side by sides

if you look at the barrel end,give them an emery polish if necessary,you can tell if they are braised or soldiered.if only silver which i can almost guarantee it will be, it is soldiered,if you can see bronze/brass colour it is braised,but like chop3r says it is fatal to make a mistake and have them hot blued,the barrels just come apart. also in my previous post about soaking oil soaked wood, that should read acetone, not white spirits. white spirits is alright for short immersions,but acetone for long soaks,also remove the finish first with paint stripper etc.

Originally Posted by lophortyx

if you look at the barrel end,give them an emery polish if necessary,you can tell if they are braised or soldiered.if only silver which i can almost guarantee it will be, it is soldiered,if you can see bronze/brass colour it is braised,but like chop3r says it is fatal to make a mistake and have them hot blued,the barrels just come apart. also in my previous post about soaking oil soaked wood, that should read acetone, not white spirits. white spirits is alright for short immersions,but acetone for long soaks,also remove the finish first with paint stripper etc.

I was going to say something It would be a very oily stock to need that treatment but it can happen. Gun oil has a lot to answer for