These barrels were originally blacked when I purchased the gub..to my surprise, underneath, beautiful twist. This just had to be rectified. Using my usual browning process it didn’t take long for these to come good. Finished and neutralised the barrels in a warm bath of water and caustic soda and just oil over the...
With the new quench tank at the ready (better air supply with finer bubbles and tighter air gap at the top) I packed the Charles Lancaster boxlock and Westley Richards muzzle metal work into the canister. My usual mix of bone and wood charcoal tightly packed with no wire or anything around any of...
I’ve started to dismantle the Charles Lancaster Boxlock. It’s got a very interesting trigger action and I’ve created a small video of it working prior to it’s breaking down for cleaning up.
