Archive for January, 2010

First try at hot blacking..

January 24, 2010
By Tony

I was a little apprehensive trying this. Hauling an extremely alkaline salt chemical around and then heating it to 144 degrees Celsius is quite nerve racking. I wanted to set it up properly so invested in an 8.8KW gas stove and a cheapish stainless steel stock pot to do my blacking in. I’ve bought...
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WV Jeffrey Boxlock

January 24, 2010
By Tony

WV Jeffrey was a London gun firm that operated from mid 1860′s to the mid 1950′s. It was then bought  by an American and still operates to this day I believe. The gun I’ve bought is a 20 bore Boxlock. Non Ejector, but I liked it when I saw it and it has the...
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Creating a slurry

January 3, 2010
By Tony

The stock and forearm on the CO are in need of quite a bit of raising and filling. It’s clearly been used a bit but underneath all of this battering is a nicely figured bit of wood. The first step was to give it a good sanding with 320 grit wet and dry. I...
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Posted in Birmingham guns, Charles Osborne | 5 Comments »

 

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