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...
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It’s always a scary prospect heating metal to 820 degree for an hour then letting it cool slowly. Anyway, Thomas Bland came out fine and it’s soft and ready for the clean up before the Colour Case Hardening can begin. Here are some photos taken early this morning before breakfast of the parts just...
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Thomas Bland sidelock from around 1920. I say “around” because the serial numbers are ganular to about a year. So, it’s at the start of the “heyday” of shotgun making in England. Thomas Bland was quite respected and made some pretty good guns, London too. I’ve known about this gun for a few months...
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Hi all, thought I would post a montage of pictures from todays pigeon shoot. Didn’t go for long but shot 3 of the guns I’ve restored. The Chas Osborne boxlock is a friends I restored for him and if I don’t say so myself it looked really nice.. ( ). The smaller boxlock is...
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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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My visit to the 2010 CLA gamefair brought two additions to the family. A nice little Yidilz .410 double barrel (new) for my son and a Joseph Lang for me to restore. Here are the photos. It has an intriguing lock mechanism which you can see in the photos!
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With the parts in then canister it was time to heat up the kiln. I’ve programmed it to 1 hour and 15 minutes this time. I was intrigued to see how the parts that we connected to the square backing plate would perform. As it turned out they were fantastic…watch the video and see...
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The remaining parts of the Greener are being case colour hardened today. I’ve used a 4mm piece of metal to bolt the plates to to give them extra blocking to prevent (one hopes) any chance of warping. I’ve also bolted the hammers onto it too. I’ll start to build up various backing plates and...
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It is without doubt with initial trepidation that I got ready to case colour harden my W.W. Greener action. I am intent on learning and honing the case colour hardening skill. For this attempt I have wrapped some steel wire around the action to stimulate water activity as it is plundged into the quenching...
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After much research I’ve decided to give this a go…knowing that there are certain dangers. But, frankly, that’s why I’m in this game. I want to learn from others and pass on my own experiences both good and bad. First off, the kit list, for sure I needed a kiln/furnace of some sort and...
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