Original barrel finish - Grade 2 Hammer Gun with Damascus Barrels

[Pa SxS]

What's the S/N Dean? Did you get a letter?

[Dean Romig]

Chuck, PM sending in two minutes.


Brian, I’ll ignore your arrogant challenges.





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[Harold Pickens]

Brett, looks like a pretty nice Grade 2 hammer gun. Refinishing the barrels would look really nice. From what I see of the rest of the gun it looks in good shape. Just me , but I dont care for recase coloring guns. I also have a Grade 2 12 hammer with 30" barrels ser# 34275, so a little earlier than yours. I took a nice turkey with it this year. I spent 3 weeks in the UP this year grouse hunting, my 36th year up there.

Oh, and by the way, my 16 hammer that is on the home page picture currently has plum barrels--but it certainly has been redone.

[Bruce Day]

1881 G 12ga 28” 7 lbs. original metal condition , mostly original wood finish.

I can assure you that the gun has been used and fired.

[Tom Flanigan]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Well...

From Chuck: They were all black and white.

From Brian: Damascus barrels from any American maker would be black/white.


An all original unfired Grade 1 with Laminated Steel barrels I once owned that sure look "plum" to me.

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Black and white Damascus can turn brown if the gun is kept in a climate with high humidity. I have a benchmark DH that had turned brown. You can restore some of the black and white by boiling the barrels. I did it with a few barrels. This doesn’t diminish the originality of the barrels, it just brings them back to more of what they looked like when they left the factory.

[Tom Flanigan]

One more thing,.....the only difference between finishing in plum vs. black and white is that the barrels are boiled during the finishing process converting the brown iron oxide to black. Plum barrels are not boiled. It's as simple as that.