DeaconKC
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rjb, that 51 is being neglected....send it to "Deacon's Home for Lonely Guns" and we will let it slide this time.
Huertacilla, a very nice job on your saddle gun!
Hardly vintage at 24yrs of age, but a nice little rabbit/quail gun nonetheless:
12 bore, 24" (...yes 24") barrels and despite the barrels being on the wrong way round it shoots pretty well.
MP
Just finished restoring this West German (actually French made) Walther PPK/s for a friend. It was originally mine, I sold it in rough shape as frequent carrying had worn the bluing off of the left side of the slide as well as the back strap and front grip. I got it back, polished the bad areas down to clean steel, getting rid of most of the pitting, then reblued with Brownell's Oxpho Blue, which is an excellent product if prepped and applied correctly (side note: make sure to degrease really well, use a hair dryer to heat up the steel, and use a toothbrush and 0000 steel wool to apply). Let me know what you think:
Before, polished:
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After:
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-Max
I don't wanna get shot with nuthin'!!!! :eeek:
Very nicely done, any pics of before?
Oh, I started a post on FB about how many have put a dimple in their ceiling from a 1911 recoil plug. I am definitely not alone in that!
Wow! I have never done that, even blindfolded.