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07-04-2016, 06:55 PM | #43 | |||||||
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I've always understood that "striping" was the act of applying 'stripes'. . .
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07-04-2016, 07:08 PM | #44 | ||||||
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Dean, I always thought cross hatching was a quail sitting on turkey eggs😂😂😂
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07-05-2016, 09:17 AM | #45 | |||||||
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07-05-2016, 09:20 AM | #46 | ||||||
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Thank you. This was my fifth barrel. I've never had tanks, so I went with steaming from the beginning of this educational experience. The first I heard of it was on the RustBlue.com site, which I happened upon when searching for solutions. One other their customers had constructed a steamed.
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07-05-2016, 10:43 AM | #47 | ||||||
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The 'broaching' of barrel breeches on Parker guns was part of the precision machining process of 'squaring up' the barrels with the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the frame. I'm quite sure it was done to all grades.
Sometimes when guns are refinished or are simply being presented as "lightly used" the broaching marks are applied by other than a broaching cutter. I have seen a number of Parkers 'faked' in this manner. A prospective buyer should be aware of what he is looking at. .
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07-05-2016, 10:57 AM | #48 | |||||||
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The process I learned about to apply these marks is done by using 440 grit to polish in direction, and then 400 grit polish in a different direction with a very thin backer to create the breech face "striping" effect. Faux broaching? I trust the historical account that all Parker barrels were broached. Thank you for sharing that history. If that process created the markings in the picture that Bryan provided, then restoring the marks wouldn't be wrong to do as I finish up refinishing these barrels. Here's another example from Mr. Dudley's site: http://bmdgunstocks.com/wp-content/u...5/IMG_8571.jpg |
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07-05-2016, 10:57 AM | #49 | ||||||
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How could any machining marks be visible after the hand fitting of the barrels to the breech face of the frame?
The marks are done by hand after fitting, bluing and fine polishing of the breech face. Purely cosmetic in nature. Broaching, striping, cross hatching... I am sure there are many other names used for this. I had heard it referred to as broaching. But as dean suggests, technical broaching is a machining process. Who knows what this cosmetic pricess is technically called. When i do this, i normally take the polish up to 1,000 grit and then use either that same grit or finer to put the marks on the breech.
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07-05-2016, 11:01 AM | #50 | ||||||
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Yes, purely cosmetic. What I wish to confirm is whether or not Parker VH grade guns left the factory this way or not.
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