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Thanks for the tips. I guess I will get with Briley here in Houston to get it checked out. Might try to use it on a few doves this year if they say its good to go.
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GREAT old gun. Just please don't let the folk at Briley tell you it should be tubed unless the barrels are REALLY thin. A gun in that shouldn't be messed with unless there is absolutely no alternative.
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I will keep that in mind also. These barrels are really thick. A buddy of mine that is a gunsmith said that the barrels look like they should be fine, but he said I should still have them checked by somebody that specializes in the old side by sides.
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What a buy for you! The gun is in good condition for the age. Very nice figure still showing in the barrels. Like many very old guns, it looks like this one may have had varnish or shelac put over the wood and metal parts as an attempt to preserver or protect it. That is where the yellow color on the metal is coming from and also the shiny look of the stock. This will usually come off with careful use of denatured alcohol. Apart from a good cleaning and a check over by someone versed with old guns / Parkers, it should not need much.
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nice gun...you will enjoy the old parker them liftrer parker are really well constructed guns...enjoy the old gal and shes worth more than a hundred.... j did you ever live in mississippi i new a junior huddleston in my youth late 50 s and early 60 s..... charlie
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No sir. I have always lift in Texas as well as the Huddleston side of my family since they came over from England.
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Mr. Huddleston,
If the shineness is a result of the oil that you put on the stock, then it is not of as much of a concern. What should be cleaned off is whatever is on the metal parts that are giving it that yellow look. Most likely varnish or shellac which will be removed with denatured alcohol. You want to go slow and be careful. Denatured alcohol will remove shellac from the wood too, and that is what most of these original finishes are. So you don't want to get it on the wood. Denatured alcohol will soften the shellac first and then with continuous rubbing will remove it. For example with old wood furnature, when shellac finishes shrink and crack with that crazed look. The alcohol will remove that worn out surface shellac so that fresh shellac can then be added. OR that yellowing could just be dried oil. Some gun oils will gum up over time like this.
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