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02-06-2015, 05:31 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Most good English guns have Stanton locks finished to this level, or even higher. Stanton supplied the vast majority of UK makers during the 19th and early 20th centuries. And the stockmakers of that era were beyond compare. All done by hand.
Your locks seem in very good original condition. I can see a good bit of case colour yet on the lockplates and bridles. |
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02-06-2015, 06:07 PM | #4 | ||||||
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wish i wasthat good at my work...them lock are nice...charlie
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02-11-2015, 08:20 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Amazing what they could before electric power.
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02-11-2015, 10:50 PM | #6 | ||||||
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I like the inserts in the wood that match up with pins and screws.
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02-19-2015, 09:45 AM | #7 | ||||||
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The bridles are outrageous. These pictures make me want to disassemble all of my hammer gun to see what's in there.
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02-19-2015, 10:04 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Thanks Bill for the comment. I'm really not sure where this gun spent the last hundred years, but it hasn't been shot very much. I myself did not remove the locks as to me it didn't look like any screw head ever been touched on the gun. it's now with a favored gunsmith whom is removing I guess a bunch of crud and remnants of lubricant from the firing pins. I think it'll be a fine gun for high flying pheasant and or duck...perhaps a tower shoot. Can't wait to get it back for next year.
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02-19-2015, 11:35 AM | #9 | |||||||
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With good modern lubricants, your gun should give good service for years. |
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02-19-2015, 11:39 AM | #10 | ||||||
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It's funny you mentioned it...the gunsmith mentioned a vulgar odor when the locks were removed...
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