Due to my good looks and charming personality (and the fact they were having a fun diversion...) they didn't charge me a thing! They usually see the high tech, run of the mill parts, like fuel pump impellers for the space shuttle. They were kids in a candy store with 135 year old twist steel Parker barrels, lol. But, I did pick up on one interesting thing that really grabbed my attention. They have an etching solution in a tank they dip metal parts into that brings out the contrast of differing metals. The guy told me it would show a stark contrast between the iron and the steel. It would plainly bring out the weld lines. So, I'm thinking I'm going to take a section of ribless, 10 gage wrecked barrels, polish them up and give them a dip. Might be interesting. He told me he dipped an old damascus bbl flintlock pistol and it came out beautiful.
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