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This gun started out as one of the A-1 specials in the white that Galazan was selling a few years ago, "correct"?
If it was the action would have been fully assembled with the screws timed correctly when it was assembled in Japan. So why are they not timed now? Were new hammer axle screws made for this new gun for some reason?
The gun is beautiful & a showcase of the artists work that created it. IMHO It's just to bad that the final small details of screw timing wasn't addressed. I'm still of the opinion that the screws are probably installed in the wrong holes from side to side and that swapping them would probably correct the issue. But to do this would require pulling the wood and disassembling the gun again which could lead to possible damage of the screws or wood. It's probably not worth the risk!
The owner should be very proud of this gun. I do truly like it & wish it were mine!! I kick myself for not buying one of them the first day Galazans offered them.
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I certainly wouldn't have trouble dragging it through the bush...
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This gun was NEVER assembled before it came into my shop, if it had been the fore end iron would not have required fitting it to the barrels and action and all the floor plate screws would not have required timing. The timing of the floor plate screws was easy to accomplish because I had a long enough cylindrical section of the screw to chuck up in a lathe. I think these kits had the screws left for final timing for the finisher as all of them came up somewhere between 9 and 11 o'clock, just short. By the way, I like Johnathan's gun too, it was a pleasure to have in.
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They say practice makes perfect...
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SKB. This is a beautiful gun and you surely did a fabulous job putting it all together. I am confused a little regarding the colors. You mentioned this gun was case hardened as opposed to case colored. Does this mean that this gun in the white was not yet hardened? I am interested in this point because my understanding is if a steel is already hardened and one rehardens the metal such as through case hardening it could change the molecular structure of the steel and cause some warping. Could you please elaborate on this question? Thx. Buzz
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(Buzz....Steve doesn't like elaborating)
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Actually I'm just getting online after some coffee. The guns were sold in the white, and needing to be hardened. The bone and charcoal method of color case hardening was used and then the colors were softened as was earlier described.
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I have either hated or been completely indifferent to all Bulino engraving I've ever seen...Until I saw this gun. Beautifully and tastefully done, surrounded by loads of fabulous "traditional" engraving, it doesn't shout out "WOW LOOKIT ME!" The floor plate is beautifully evocative, a dream or, as Shotgunjones said, a flashback. This, as well as the decision to distress the case colors, were inspired acts of genius. I'm definitely NOT a Parker nut, but I really do dig this gun. And as Joe said, I'd hunt her all over.
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It has one of the most unique trigger guards that I have ever seen. The gold inlay of the quail feet is beautiful, better than initials you can't read.
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I'm glad that you like the engraving. A lot of thought went into it. When I first sent the gun to Ken Hurst, I had a pattern of quail for the bottom inspired by an original Parker CHE. I never really liked it and when Ken became sick, I got the gun back and changed the pattern completely. Lee Griffiths used the entire lateral bottom of the receiver on another A-1 project and it got me thinking in an entirely different way. I came up with some new sketches and Lee masterfully engraved them on the gun. I think the scene might be more vivid if I take off more of the case colors, but since the gun is still at Steve's place, I'll wait and see it before I decide to remove some more. To clear up any confusion, the gun came completely assembled, but had a problem with one of the ejectors. I had Steve work on this and that. I was told by CSMC that the gun was "ready to go", but apparently it needed some more work. We'll see what can be done with the indexing of the screws.
-Shoot Straight, IM
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