Rainy day gun.

[Gerald McPherson]

Update. No go with laser welding no response. Must be closed. Proceeded to take Rainy Day Gun apart, tightest screws I've ever saw almost gave up but after soaking in liquid wrench it happened. Decided to redo the wood by removing finish and oil using Crud Cutter and Goof Off and a little acetone. Then applied 4 coats of True Oil rubbing down with 0000 steel wool to remove gloss and waxed with Johnsons past wax that I've had for 50 years at least. I have taken 4 or 5 Parkers apart but this one was by far the worst full of crud and Liquid Wrench. Forgot to take a picture. Continued with carb cleaner and compressed air Letting soak overnight. Eventually I got pleasing results so continued with WD40 and more air. Reassembled the stock to the action. Extremely close tolerance on the metal work. Ordered some Oxpho-Blue from Brownells and began sanding the barrels until it was easy to see all the pitting.
Then I carried them up to Bill Schwartz to get his thoughts. He recommended not doing any filing on the pitted area near the muzzle as he measured 22 thous. there so I came home and continued to sand until I got it fairly smooth. The Oxpho came yesterday so today I re blued I am surprised how black 5 applications did the barrels. So I guess I am through for now. If you stay back about 40 feet you you will think I have a nice Parker. Anyway I did enjoy doing it. Gerald

Ps Thats light shining on the pits in the last pic. They really don't show up at all.