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11-16-2017, 05:25 PM | #13 | |||||||
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I would guess that there not too much of a material or weight difference between low grade guns and guns with single beads. But if you look at double or triple beaded guns, the balled areas of the bolsters are actually smaller since the 2nd and 3rd beads are cut from what would be a solid bolster on a lower grade gun, so, on those highest grades, i would suppose that there would be a weight difference.
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11-16-2017, 06:10 PM | #14 | ||||||
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Like maybe 1/4 oz.
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All I know is the beads are very classy. Kind of like the frame rebate filing on Fox XE. The frame filing on grade 3 top lever hammer guns is very classy, a modified two bead treatment.
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11-16-2017, 10:20 PM | #16 | ||||||
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I believe that is a forging not a casting.
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11-17-2017, 07:26 AM | #17 | ||||||
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Reseacher, you beat me to it. All frames were hammer forged using a very large, motor driven, drop forge hammer.
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11-18-2017, 12:48 AM | #18 | ||||||
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My upgrade being done now has the beads. A weld line was added around the breach balls and the side bead was made by filing the profile lower. A lot of time and a true craftsman.
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11-18-2017, 07:56 AM | #19 | ||||||
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but the frames were done on a steam forge, at Billings Forge (Billings & Spencer) on Broad Street, in Hartford. Only a few hundred yards from the Capitol building.
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11-18-2017, 08:04 AM | #20 | ||||||
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Was that your great grandfather's forge Edgar?
Were the frame forgings "bulldozed" to shape while being forged? .
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