Quote from: Andrew on July 13, 2018, 04:00:03 AMQuote from: Yng@hrt on July 12, 2018, 06:57:09 PMAndrew did you blue the bolt, cam plate, etc? If so what product did you use? ThanksYes, I refinished all screws by fine emerying then they are lathe turned using 1000 grade paper given them that turned finish like you get on best grade guns.Can't stand polished blued guns, went through that in the 80's trying to emulate those beautiful Vemon guns we used to drool over in Air Gun World mags when they used to do centerfolds, can't tell you how many HW's I had engraved and polished like a mirror.Cam plate and bolt also had professional re blue, didn't need it though, I just wanted better than factory finish, didn't touch trigger guard left attached to stock, unmarked.The end brass plugs at both ends I used Birchwood Casey Brass black, works amazingly, a few goes and it's as black as the ace of spades.All the hot caustic blueing was done by my gunsmith as cold blue is ok but I'm a bit anal and prefer better than factory finish, kinda like a classic car resto, every nut and bolt is polished to perfection.Here's a good tip for you guys that I learnt from my gunsmith since I started tinkering back in the 80's After any refinishing and all that trouble of polishing and re blueing the last thing you want to stuff up is when re assembling your gun by marring the screws slot with the screwdriver as it's metal to metal contact,even though we use proper parallel gunsmith screw driver sets it's almost impossible, so the tip I learned from him was to add a layer or two of masking tape over the screw driver bit before inserting into the slot, stops metal to metal contact and from removing any blue, you can still tighten up tight no probs without marking the screws slots.
Quote from: Yng@hrt on July 12, 2018, 06:57:09 PMAndrew did you blue the bolt, cam plate, etc? If so what product did you use? Thanks
Andrew you are a perfectionist for sure. And it shows in your guns, it’s all those little things that adds up to something quite special. Hats off to you.
Thank you Stuart & stay tuned. There’s another one scheduled to arrive this Saturday. It’s quite possibly a prewar 312 (early 40's). The box is just as unique as the gun. I say this because folks in the know didn’t even know this full length box existed. I know of only one other one like it. A good friend of mine owns it.Here's a sneak peak...
Strange thing about this one is the lady says it builds pressure or has pressure but doesn't shoot. How much you wanna bet the safety's engaged?
Not sure if you can see it well enough in this pic but when I enlarge it on my pc it looks like the safety is engaged. The only problem is if she tried to fire it the trigger would be well past center on the guard & it isn't so who knows.