Faux Single shot almost finished

[Kent Nickerson]

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=790&pictureid=12276

After a long break to cure hammer gun procurement fever, got Miss Piggy's rusted barrel sanded down, primed and hydro-dipped in the damascus film.
The 18 inch 45 long colt insert is in. Express sights go on this week. Hog hunting will begin next month.

[Kent Nickerson]

Some may recall Miss Piggy's stock transformation from dinged up plain white poplar el cheapo plainess to Circassian walnut via hydro-dip.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=790&pictureid=12277

[charlie cleveland]

thats a really nice pattern on that barrel i really like it good hog hunting....charlie

[Kent Nickerson]

a few viewers warned that she might not be safe...with that hairline crack in her hydro dipped receiver. Turned out to be a hair from my poodle bird dog stuck in the paint. It's all fake, after all.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=790&pictureid=11085

[Kent Nickerson]

Her barrel was a rusted shaft...got her filed and polished and primed and fitted her sights before hydro dipping it. Jim Kelly up at Darlington Gun gave me some express sights after having a good laugh at my project.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=790&pictureid=12279

[Kent Nickerson]

The final step is putting this fellows pretty face in a black cartouche on the bottom of her receiver. So she'll know what she's meant to do.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=790&pictureid=12280

[Mike Koneski]

That's going to be one very cool gun when your project is completed. Is your base gun an H&R-NEF-Rossi type single shot shotgun?

[charlie cleveland]

dont forget to post pictures of final completion and would be nice to see miss piggy too...charlie

[Kent Nickerson]

It's an old NEF 12 bore that belonged to my farm manager who passed away several years ago. A friend found it in the barn, rusted and dirty. He said something like "here's one that'll never shoot again..."