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Restored 0 grade, I think
Unread 04-12-2011, 07:42 PM   #1
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Default Restored 0 grade, I think

I think this is an O Grade. 12 gauge gun on a # 1 Frame. Was pretty well gone when I purchased the gun.







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Unread 04-12-2011, 08:01 PM   #2
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I like your checkering and your mullering. I may send you a Parker one day.
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Well I'd be honored to work on your guns.
The mullering was a little tricky to be honest but...finally was put in touch with an old timer, by letter carrier of course, no email, etc. that wrote back and told me how Parker actually did it. I had that suspicion all along and this gentleman confirmed it. At least now I can quite worrying about making that silly tool I spent so much time on, which actually is nearly impossible to use except on straight line! Jerry
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Jerry, you don't have to elaborate on the mullering tool unless, of course, you want to. Would you please get the trigger guard flush with the wood. It is driving some of us crazy, not me of course. Great work.
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Bill, I have a Trojan 16 with the same proud trigger guard situation. Is it simply a matter of properly bending the guard?
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In Jerry's case that would be the place to start. That trigger guard has been severely bent and improperly straightened.
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I think the mullering is very nice and looks like it was done at the factory.
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Thank you Bill, most kind words and the highest compliment that can be paid! The trigger guard is about as good as it gets. I didn't have the trigger guard screw tightened down in the picture, it's no flush with the wood. The guard was bent nearly flat! It took a great deal of doing to get it where it is. Very tight old gun, a small amount of pitting, nothing excessive. Jerry
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The old timer told me they did the mullering by cutting a 32 LPI line, then yet another one, and used the first one for a centering line for the round bottom cutter. It's what I've been doing for a while. I made a tool by silver soldering a single line cutter on each side of a round bottom cutter. It's not worth the effort and that tool is a bit tough to control. Cutting the 32 LPI lines is much easier and according to this fellow it's how Parker did it. I see evidence of it in some factory guns here and there. Jerry
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Jerry: That mullering is a blast isn't it? I did the 32 lpi trick also then used a die sinkers riffler with a tapered point that was bent upward at about 45degrees. I ground it back till the tip was slightly smaller than the finished mullering width and sloped the grind backward to a sharp chisel point. I can use it as a file,chisel, and scraper in tight corners. However I think I will wait a while before I do it again. Lee.
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