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Originally Posted by Mike Stahle
Bill, did you ever have the barrels refinished on your GH?
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The barrels I was thinking about refinishing were on a LC Smith but the gun just had to many other minor issues that in total added up to more work than it was going to be worth.
The GH, after lots of time with 0000 steel wool and oil to remove the fine layer of rust that covered it, cleaned up great. The GH was one a youngman inhereited from his grandfather along with several other nice guns. The youngman left in the plastic slip case and stored them for five or six years in his garage. All the guns looked like they were in high conditon when they went into the case and got stuck in the corner. When I saw them they all were covered in anice fine red/brown layer. It just about brought tears to my eyes. The bores on the GH when I opened looked like they had been honed yesterday. The wood look good and the gun was tight as a tic.
Here is a pic of the barrels after some work to remove the rust and some Formbys Tung Oil to coat them.
I think they look great with the age on the rest of the GH.
So this weekend I'll give it try. Hopefully I won't be typing with my elbows next week.