I’ve spent the best part of Sunday morning putting the gun back together. This is the first gun I have attempted to case harden and I’m really quite happy with the results. One of the pins on the port side hammer needs replacting but other than that I intend to shoot it this coming...
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I’ve finally finished restoring the case. Sadly the original case was sold without the gun. Anyway, I’ve done a bit of research and used red internally, as did Harrison & Hussey as far as I can tell. The trade label is mine, again after research copied. I think it looks quite good, I’ve tea-bag...
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In a “very” excited fashion I picked up the barrels today. They have come up really nicely considering the external pitting. There is a little still noticeable but not bad at all. The inside of the barrels look almost new, luckily there was plenty of thickness in the walls to do a proper job...
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The assembly of a beautiful shotgun like this is probably the pinnacle moment of the whole restoration process. It was with a slightly boyish glee that I started the work of putting the thing back together. I was cognisant of the fact that the oil would have created a slight increase in some of...
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It’s been a slow old process but it’s coming to an end. I’ve got about 16 coats of my oil mix on the stock now. The photos of the main stock here are just after the masking tape was taken off and I haven’t worked on the edges between the oiled stock and the...
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After blacking the triggers and giving the trigger plate a good old clean up its back together with the bits and piece. I wonder at the engineering and craftsmanship that has gone into creating a gun like this. The English gun makers of the later 18th and early 19th century were truly exceptional. All...
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With the main action now cleaned up in preparation for colour case hardening it’s now time to re-assemble the mechanism. I’m using a rust prevention based oil on all of the parts and I put it back together. The top lever has been blacked as has the safety. I’m going to blue top main...
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My blend of london gun oil, other oils and Tru Oil appears to be working quite nicely. These pictures are from several coats in. It’s amazing how much effort has to go into filling the small dings. I’ve got most of them but from these pictures you can still see an area on the...
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Now that the stock has been recheckered it would be very easy to ruin that fresh look by getting too much oil into the grain. It’s a real fiddle trying to work around it so I’ve masked the area off. I’m not sure how this will go but if I’m careful with the application...
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Well, I’ve used both a boiled linseed derivative in the past and Tru oil. This time I’m trying something different, a mixture of both! I’ve started by doing two coats at a 50/50 turpentine mix. Lightly sanding the stock with 800 grit wet and dry that is dipped in the mixture. This creates an...
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