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Hello Chuck: Nice gun, I have the same gun in 410 and the case colors are the same and about the same condition. It was good to hear the information on the Fulton and the differences of the Fulton Special. Were the Fulton Specials marked with "Special" or just "Fulton".
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The picture of the Fulton Special in the old Stoeger catalogs showed a bird (Snipe/Woodcock?) on the left side of the receiver with some zig-zag border engraving, checkered full pistol grip stock with checkered stock cheeks and "The Fulton Special" on the barrels.
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Thanks David, my gun is the Fulton and now I know the difference.
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Chucks gun is a Fulton, The Hunter Special, The Fulton Special and the Fulton are all marked as such.. The only ones I have seen that had the Cross hatching, were Fultons and they also had the upper hung or bow sears.. Al I have seen seemed to be Cyanide colored and something about it made it hold up quite well... Chucks gun, BTW is a very nice Fulton.. MDC
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I know nothing of the cyanide method. Are the parallel bars or waves of color characteristic of the process. I heard somewhere that they are produced by some sort of progressive advancement into quench rather than by simply being dumped in. Any truth to that?
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MDC,
Thanks. Researcher set me straight on the model also. The blueing on the barrels is very high percentage also. The front bead has been knocked off and I'll replace it. The gun should serve well in the field as the dimensions are a fit for me and the weight is close to ideal.
I plan to give it a try on some wild quail or chukar this holiday weekend.
Jack,
I'm not knowledgeable about the cyanide process other than the brief description Oscar gave me. The cyanide salts are heated, I think Oscar said the same temp is required (critical temp 1425F) for the cyanide salts. I believe I recall Barry Hands mentioned something about a progressively stepped insertion into the salts to me once when we were talking about it as used by the rifle maker in MT.
I've seen some cyanide cased actions I thought were very nicely colored.
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ChucK:
Quench wrong word so you've answered TWO questions.
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Pardon my lack of knowledge. What's with the Fultons?
It looks, to my ignorant eye, like JAAC. :-)
JC(AL)
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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Way back in the olden days (1980) I sent guns to an outfit in NJ for cyanide recolor. Their color was very vivid and blotchy, not striped as you normally see. They said that they could do both types just by changing the quench. Also had to refit the barrels and such because of demension changes. It was also inexpensive, somewhere around 30.00.
I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong
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JC,
Fultons were just an inexpensive double for the farmer. They do seem well made from a functional perspective. Probably in the class of the Ithaca Flues and Nitro Specials, maybe slightly better construction. Part of Americana just like the diner restaurants that served up stout coffee along with meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Nothing to get particularly excited about.
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