Restored CHE - Page 3

Dean Romig · 03-03-2011, 02:59 PM

I agree with Jay and Dave too. The Case Color Company of Ohio better replicated colors we generally see on original Marlin and some Winchester lever-action rifles.

Wild Skies · 03-03-2011, 03:13 PM

I'm not convinced that this CHE has been refinished with cyanide coloring, looks to my eyes to be those bone charcoal case colors that come out of John Gillette's shop, Classic Guns, Inc. Here's a link to a few more pics of this gun:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...?f=71&t=250591

Bill Murphy · 03-03-2011, 03:22 PM

So this CH gun is cyanide colored. What traits in the finish leads you to that conclusion? Maybe we are confusing Ohio Case Color with Classic Guns, John Gillette's company. John is actively in business as far as I know. OOPS, Wild Skies, I was writing while you were pushing the send button. Great minds think alike.

C.O.B. · 03-03-2011, 03:26 PM

Irregardless of the case colors and the fact it's not checkered with the mullered borders for the asking price I'd of bought just because of the wood!I'm NOT a 12ga guy but would have bought that gun.

Bill Murphy · 03-03-2011, 03:33 PM

Look at the wood to metal fit in the pictures on the shotgunworld.com link. Maybe the stockmaker will come forward and identify himself.

joe souther · 03-03-2011, 05:00 PM

I sent photos to Classic Guns but I have not heard back yet. I would just like to know what it looked like before the restoration. The engraving is still sharp and the wood too metal fit is good.

Here are other photos:

Old and Reliable · 03-06-2011, 11:32 AM

[quote=joe souther;37134]I sent photos to Classic Guns but I have not heard back yet. I would just like to know what it looked like before the restoration. The engraving is still sharp and the wood too metal fit is good.

Here are other photos:[/The first foto- showing the bottom of the receiver- if you look closely at the left barrel side you can see a slight gap in the trigger plate fit to the receiver, and that the machine screw slot has a slight "wiggle". Possible this happened in the restoration- just as heat follows cold in movement, heat input in ferrous metals will always flow from the thicker mass to the thinner edges- tricky bit of business here. Didn't the late Dr. Gaddy also do re-case hardening on Parkers in his lab??

Dean Romig · 03-06-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Morin

[Didn't the late Dr. Gaddy also do re-case hardening on Parkers in his lab??

Yes he did but his colors were more like the subdued original Parker Bros. colors and not at all like some of the 'over the top' colors so many refinishers and restorers we see today.

Bruce Day · 03-03-2011, 03:45 PM

If a person feels that the case colors are too bright, they can be toned down. Some folks like them bright. On the other hand, a couple of us spent a few hours one evening with Flitz and a polishing cloth on a buddy's gun and that reduced them a lot.

Its a gun you will enjoy showing off and shooting. Good luck with it.

Brush Buster · 03-04-2011, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

If a person feels that the case colors are too bright, they can be toned down. Some folks like them bright. On the other hand, a couple of us spent a few hours one evening with Flitz and a polishing cloth on a buddy's gun and that reduced them a lot.

Its a gun you will enjoy showing off and shooting. Good luck with it.

Joe ; Bruce is giving great advice using Flitz to tone down the colors ,if that is what you desire ,but a word of caution here ,They come off very fast and may turn a charcoal gray underneath , a very light hand here is necessary ,you do a lot very quickly ! I had a 28 Ga. VHE that was so striped with cyanide colors ,it made you dizzy to look at it and the Flitz worked very well upon Bruces advice. but the colors remove very fast and turned a mottled blue gray ,the gun looks great ,I was just suprised how little polishing it took to remove the glare ! Best ; Russ