I’ve spent the last couple of nights sitting (and not able to do much else!) at my little table putting this gun back together after spending several weeks restoring it. I really like Lancasters and this gun has some lovely engraving on it. It’s my first attempt at barrel blacking, the old fashioned way,...
I’ve been refinishing the stocks for both of these sidelocks. Coming along nicely. I’m trying a new format of 6-7 coats of London gunstock finish, first slurried, then finishing with 10 coats of very fine french polish…the last phase will be to dull them down for a fab satin finish.
This gun is from around 1914. It has an exquisite engraving style and is typical of the quality that one expects from the Charles Lancaster stable. I always hold and marvel at sidelocks, got a bit of a soft spot for London sidelocks I must say, and it is always a pleasure to look...
I’ve been researching this black art. One needs to rust the barrels and then in between each carding session, in fact just before a carding, one boils the barrels. With this in mind I’ve built a dedicated “boiler” with a friend of mine which uses an emersion heater element (with the thermostat taken out...
The latest project to get the CCH treatment. I used metal wire around the action to try and cause disruption to the quenching process as the water envelops the metal parts. The two sidelock plates were bolted to my 4mm metal stock off cuts as I’ve learnt that this really does make a difference...
