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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I’ve taken the clamps off this morning and gently prized the lock and main action away from the stock. I’m never going to be able to completely hide the mend but here is the stock with the fixed piece. I’m going to sand it very lightly and drop some wood particals from the sanding...
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One of the things that needed attention on this gun was a broken section of the wood above and to the front of the left hand lock. This is quite a common thing to break, especially if the gun hasn’t been looked after well, and clearly this one hasn’t been brilliantly looked after. On...
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In a mildly excited frenzy I jumped in the car to go and get the majority of the H&H back. Re-checkered. I’m very pleased with the work. Chap called Roger Hance did the work and he’s a really great bloke to boot. I’ve picked his brain and he’s been most helpful. It’s a real...
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Tru Oil is actually quite impressive. It’s very easy to use, and although it doesn’t soak into the wood, it does produce an amazing finish. I’m going to put another 2-3 coats on which will make it truly glass like. I’ll then probably go over it with a very fine wire wool to make...
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Having had a good old look around the web I’ve realised that there isn’t really a dedicated forum system for anyone interested in English shotguns. More so, what there is forum wise, is a fairly unstructured approach to posting information and it’s a bit of a “hit and miss” affair when searching for information....
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I wanted to try Tru Oil on the little 410 woodwork. It’s a case of, once happy with the starting condition of the wood, applying thin coats of tru oil, sanding, tru oil, sanding ad infinitum. The stock has had about 6-7 coats so far and is starting to come up quite nicely for...
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I’ve decided that I’m actually using the 410 as a trial gun for my amateur gunsmithing. It’s better than testing out my work on a vintage London shotgun! The little 410 had warn blacking on a lot of parts and I’ve decided to see what it might look like with some nicely hot blued...
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