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The videos on-line all are using boiled linseed oil. What's the difference? The stock is not too bad...a few dings and scratches which give it character. Looks like someone put a coat of varnish on it though>
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Raw linseed will not harden. You use it to clean the wood with along with some 0000 steel wool. The checkering can be cleaned with a mild solution of Murphy's oil soap and warm water along with and old toothbrushh. Boiled linseed has dryers added to it and is not what you want to use while cleaning.
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so much for preservation as found, i guess...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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And I don't understand the wood screw on the tip of the ramrod.
It's a wad puller for unloading the gun.
“I left long before daylight, alone but not lonely.”~Gordon Macquarrie
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The resident gunsmith, Willie Boitnott, during the NMLRA National Matches during the '80s at friendship, IN, used tiny round mirrors, which were highly polished pieces of polished steel, as I recall. He would drop one the right size down the bore until it rested on the breech, then shine a light down the bore and view it. I got him to check the bores on a 16 bore Powell for me, in about 1985, before buying it.
SRH I was at Friendship just last month. Still have a fair turnout there these days. But it rained both weekends and that hurt the marginal visitors. But you could buy whatever you wanted or needed with no crowds. I had the nipples replaced on my 20 bore double. Gun checked out amazingly well. Kept the ones which came with it but I’m sure they are not original 180 years tends to see a lot of parts replaced. Friendship is about an hour from me and is always worth a visit each year.
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Wonderful place to be immersed in the whole world of m/loading. I really enjoyed my trips there. I had to camp on site, use the public showers and toilets. Took the wife and two young boys and we all had a big time. One year there was a horrendous drought in that area and the public showers were closed down. We rigged up private "showers" with the water we got from the potable water trailers they would bring by every morning. We learned to shower, including a shampoo, with one gallon of water each. I don't think "Queen" would go for that now. Gunmaker's Hall was one of my favorite places to hang out. You could meet and visit with celebrities in the m/l world there. Greats like John Bivins, Herschel House, Lynton McKenzie, Lew Sanchez, Bob Watts. Old great competitors like Doc Valentine, Max Vickery, and so many others. I really miss those times. But, such a long drive from down he'ah. SRH
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A door closes and another one opens. Unless you could screw up the courage to ask Queenie.......
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Dent in front left barrel...this looks new - wonder if it was done in shipping? Good luck with an insurance claim....after seeing better pictures I take back everything good I said about the gun. You got you a JACBG bud...
Last edited by HomelessjOe; 07/30/19 08:29 AM. Reason: JACBG...Just Another Cracker Barrel Gun
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The dent in the muzzle is a very easy fix.
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