Pete, thanks for the info. I may at some point re-finish the barrels, though for the moment I think I will probably just add the Silvers reproduction butt pad. I have played around quite a bit with bone and charcoal color case hardening and also charcoal blueing, I've also browned several muzzleloader barrels and have been a follower of Oscar's for many years. I would like to attempt to finish a set of damascus tubes using his methods and as time permits I will possibly try it. I do have several lesser valued damascus guns that I would work on first however. Thanks again for all the information, regardless of the work I do on this one I do intend to take it out in the fall for ducks assuming I can get a fresh supply of Bismuth beforehand. I have been shooting it for the last couple evenings with my own black powder handloads and it works very nicely on hand thrown clays. I expect it will work equally so on ducks and perhaps the odd snow that comes too close.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
