|
03-29-2020, 06:39 PM | #3 | ||||||
|
Thanks Bill. Sorry about that. I meant to put it in Restorations.Good Grief!! Can it be removed?
|
||||||
04-01-2020, 03:16 PM | #4 | ||||||
|
Sunny day today so I shot Old Rainy. Fits me well and breaks clays nicely. Good job on lowering the comb Brian. Gerald.
|
||||||
04-04-2020, 02:35 PM | #5 | ||||||
|
IS it possible to have pits built up with laser welding to prep for a re-blue? Exterior only, I'm guessing? Next question: Will the fill metal added match after blueing or will it show like a sleeve job where they nearly never quite match in color/texture?
|
||||||
04-04-2020, 03:16 PM | #6 | ||||||
|
Good work already!
Hey, that gun was pretty much the way it was when I got it. I just took the comb down some and hunted with it. I never came across any barbed wire in my travels. Just a lot of thorns.
__________________
B. Dudley |
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Brian Dudley For Your Post: |
04-04-2020, 03:56 PM | #7 | |||||||
|
Quote:
that's what the butt plate is for
__________________
"If there is a heaven it must have thinning aspen gold, and flighting woodcock, and a bird dog" GBE |
|||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Rick Losey For Your Post: |
04-04-2020, 10:03 PM | #8 | ||||||
|
I've been turkey hunting lately on a cattle farm near Cedartown Ga. The most barb wire fences I've ever seen on a small farm. I got tangled up in one and it was tempting. Just kidding Brian. I'm going to have Bill Schwartz take a look at the barrels and see what he thinks. I used a copper brush on the pits and that helped. Less angry looking. Researching laser welding and it looks like it will work if I decide to go that route. It seems it will rust blue and can be applied very thin. Gerald
|
||||||
04-05-2020, 06:54 AM | #9 | |||||||
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Eric Eis For Your Post: |
04-13-2020, 08:06 PM | #10 | ||||||
|
Update. No go with laser welding no response. Must be closed. Proceeded to take Rainy Day Gun apart, tightest screws I've ever saw almost gave up but after soaking in liquid wrench it happened. Decided to redo the wood by removing finish and oil using Crud Cutter and Goof Off and a little acetone. Then applied 4 coats of True Oil rubbing down with 0000 steel wool to remove gloss and waxed with Johnsons past wax that I've had for 50 years at least. I have taken 4 or 5 Parkers apart but this one was by far the worst full of crud and Liquid Wrench. Forgot to take a picture. Continued with carb cleaner and compressed air Letting soak overnight. Eventually I got pleasing results so continued with WD40 and more air. Reassembled the stock to the action. Extremely close tolerance on the metal work. Ordered some Oxpho-Blue from Brownells and began sanding the barrels until it was easy to see all the pitting.
Then I carried them up to Bill Schwartz to get his thoughts. He recommended not doing any filing on the pitted area near the muzzle as he measured 22 thous. there so I came home and continued to sand until I got it fairly smooth. The Oxpho came yesterday so today I re blued I am surprised how black 5 applications did the barrels. So I guess I am through for now. If you stay back about 40 feet you you will think I have a nice Parker. Anyway I did enjoy doing it. Gerald Ps Thats light shining on the pits in the last pic. They really don't show up at all. |
||||||
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to Gerald McPherson For Your Post: |
|
|