Newbie Questions
Alright fellas, couple of newbie questions here, I'll just go with "there is no such thing as a dumb question" saying and leave it at that. I went from 0 Parkers to 2 Parkers in 2 weeks. I think I have been bitten but the bug. I have always just been a shooter and not a collector. Guess I'm straddling the fence post now. I have tried using the search tool and still can't find a definitive answer so maybe this will help more newbs like myself. These arose trying to fill out the letter request.
What are the following differences of
Lifter
Top Action
Back Action
Hammerless (obvious)
What are the following differences on butt types
DHBP
Skeleton
Checkered (I see the difference here but may help someone else)
Recoil Pad (obvious)
Grip Type?
Capped Pistol Grip
Straight
Round
Ball
Also, not a gunsmith and never claim to be. I have never owned Damascus anything. So I don't want to do anything that hurts or can't be undone. With that being said, I do like to keep my guns clean. Can u clean these barrels just like any other blued gun or no? Use a bore snake or no? Best way to clean bores? Best way to clean outside? Would it be best just to send to qualified gunsmith first to totally breakdown and clean? At this point I have done nothing to clean them and my OCDness is KILLING ME HERE.
One other question and this is not the answer I wanted but still not going to ignore advice if it continues BY QUALIFIED gunsmith, of course. I've taken both guns (both demascus) to a local gunsmith. Without hesitating and with no inspection he said never shoot them only because they are demascus. I asked "even with special shell" he said no. My intentions are to shoot these guns sparingly year to year. That's what they r meant to do in my opinion. I want to take care of them but use them also. THe gunsmith admitted without hesitation also that these guns are not his specialty and I respect that. So my plan of action has been, order the letters, make sure there is no provenance that would make me not want to do certain things, send them to qualified gunsmith for inspection/repairs to bring them into shooting shape, get thumbs up or down, shoot them if possible, then decide to restore or not in the coming years. Is that the correct way of thinking? Most seems to be big on this Brian guy as a gunsmith and said it just takes time to get gun(s) which I am fine with too.
I know it's a long inquiry but may be helpful to have this info in one spot for the rookies... I'll go ahead and apologize for my OCDness too cause I know it drives people crazy. I promise I mean well though. One of my other hobbies is boats, lord knows I pick the wrong hobbies.
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