the other "project"

[Rick Losey]

I am afraid I lied -

I said there another "project", and there is almost nothing to do to this one. I was told all sorts of issues.

I was planning to take the 10 bore Clabrough out to defend a friend's hunting property against an onslaught of geese, If I have the time this weekend to fix the one actual problem, this may go along. - The right lock needs a little jiggle to cock, I have seen this before on flintlocks, dirt or a burr in the notch may be all it is. On the Clabrough, it was simply a slight bend in the trigger tab where it met the sear arm.

This piece matches the letter perfectly - 9lbs on the nose - 32" barrels on a #2 frame, not that much drop, I put one of those thin neoprene velco pads on it and it fits fine.

I don't have a 10 ga bore gauge - but when I stick the 12 one down the tubes, it goes to its max reading. From there, I find the right barrel only compresses it a few thous, but the left presses in quite a bit. the letter shows a much lighter shot concentration in the right Vs the left tube. I have not found anything on Mr Armstrong yet, but I just started, I am guessing he saw a marsh or two over this rib.

The bores have modest coverage of light pitting and good thick walls if I decide to polish them at all. The outside has no rust, and I can see some nice figure in the twist under the patina. And they ring like the proverbial church bells.

Someone had rapped the left lock plate a few times with something hard, maybe to seat it, and left some tiny dents. From the original pictures, I had planned to have the filled by TIG welding and the plate redressed, but in person, they aren't that bad. So I may wait to see how much they bother me. :rolleyes: And the repro buttplate is too small - I'll get some careful measurements and order a better fit. The hammer screws are new.

so here it is -

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4755_zpsde60d88a.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4731_zpseb68c65d.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4752_zps092a5d13.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4737_zpsd535d4f5.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4742_zpsa0015fbb.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4747_zps15596222.jpg

never had a fishtail - that was a selling point
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4749_zpsf3a050b5.jpg

decent wood that needs a refinish, a very minor chip in the toe
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4743_zpse67d2539.jpg

the undersized buttplate
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4738_zpsa275941e.jpg

the dents

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/IMGP4732_zps5f8ef0ce.jpg

[charlie cleveland]

very nice goose gun you got there...i think it s gona make a great gunlooks like its ready to go now...charlie

[Mills Morrison]

That looks like one I recently bought, except mine has a few real issues and does not have the fishtail toplever.

[Rick Losey]

ok - except for the cosmetic refinishing

the actual gunsmithing on this project is done


had a few minutes during lunch, so I took the locks off and trigger set out

out - the right lock cocks fine

so on to the triggers :corn:

turns out, the front trigger, especially the upper tab, had so much petrified oil on it that trigger could not return to the full resting position

so, I took the assembly apart, scrubbed everything clean, ran some folded 400 grit paper in the trigger slots, took a needle file to a couple burrs

and - reassembled - now everything works perfectly. :draw:

nice smooth triggers, no need to tap on it to seat that marked up lock now with the dirt removed.

surprising the wood in there look pretty good- i will still go through the oil removal process before refinishing .