Gradually cleaning up a DHE 12
 

I recently picked up a factory 26" barreled 12g. DHE to use as my new shooter for a while. This gun was in good overall original condition with nice engraving, good screws, original SSBP and fully functioning.
However, the gun was well used and was lacking in the cosmetic finish department.
Frame has some case colors remaining. Mostly on the upper tang and in protected areas. Stock finish is dry and checkering has some wear. All will eventually be addressed. I do not plan to do anything with the CCH. No need to really. First things first was the barrels. They were completely dent free and have perfect bores. But the original bluing was very well worn and completely gone in some areas. And the exterior had its fair share of scratches and light marks/knicks and micro pitting. Nearly all barrel sets need a little more work that one might think, but these ones were not all that bad. A little light draw filing in some areas and careful polishing gave a nice surface for new rust bluing.

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Trigger guard will have to be re-blued as well. But another time. I will most likely address the worn stock finish next. When I get the chance. :rolleyes:

Looking forward to seeing the "finished product".
What frame was it made on?

It is a 1-1/2 Frame. Weighs 7 lbs.

nice Brian

that is going to look really sharp with the stock refreshed a bit

A 26" DHE is very nice.

Chokes?

Chokes measure at like skeet 1 and IM if I remember correctly.

I was able to get the trigger guard on this gun in with my last batch of Nitre blue work.

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Brian your rust blueing looks really nice.

That's Nitre bluing, which is not easy to do and get the correct colors like Brian did. Good colors.

Well,

I FINALLY got around to working in a wood refinish on this 26" DHE 12g. I was very surprised with how well the wood cleaned up since it had pretty much no finish left on it and was very dark with grime. The grain is not highly figured, but attractive in its own right. The forend wood is a replacement from another gun. It was also refinished and the checkering all recut.

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