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Brent,
Along with the usual things mentioned, I'll include digital calipers as well as a three piece rod and brushes with patches. Long ago I avoided a mistake by discovering that baby/talcum powder was used to hide barrel defects. You would think that someone serious about selling the gun would have the bores clean and shiny. It always amazes me how many are presented with rust bloom in the barrels!
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Thanks for all of these suggestions. I have the cleaning rod and patches set aside already.
My snap caps are 1.75" long so they will work in any chamber (unfortunately). But, Ken, that your's don't work in a 2" gun is interesting. What size are they at the muzzleward end? I think I could make a muzzle gauge if I knew that dimension.
A Skeetz muzzle gauge would be really sweet to have on hand. I agree it would tell me lots of things. However, I don't have one. Gil sent me an ebay sight that sells them but they are out of stock (and kinda pricey), so I'm watching ebay for a used one to show up. No luck so far.
Feeler gauges. Great idea. I can do that.
Gloves are a great idea. I have a pair of those $0.99 cotton jersey gloves handy.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Brent.
I use the digital ID/OD calipers to check muzzle/chamber among other things. These days, there are so many things to check!
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Galzan choke and chamber gauge tape measure.snap caps.Good luck on the 2 inch gun some nice Spanish 2 inch guns out there.
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Galzan choke and chamber gauge tape measure.snap caps.Good luck on the 2 inch gun some nice Spanish 2 inch guns out there. Thanks pipeliner - I'm going to probably hold to English or Scottish. I don't know much about Spanish, but I know I really like the way vintage British guns handle.
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you guys are jokin around, right?
i use ta set up at gun shows back the eighties until around 2000...mostly in new york...
if you pulled any of this crap back then, the promoter of the show would quietly escort you to the door...
with the advent of the internet and firearms specific web sites, i gave up doing shows...just about the time i began to loose patience with trying to do bidness face to face with the public...
best things that ever happened for hobby gun dealers like myself are gunbroker and gunsinternational...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Oh, so we're just meant to take a gun dealer's word for everything?
OK.........
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Oh, so we're just meant to take a gun dealer's word for everything?
OK......... Can you imagine taking Ed's word for ANYTHING?
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Serious dealers, looking to sell the type gun you are looking for often expect a higher level of evaluation of their guns. But the one tool you really need, looking for a 2" gun is going to be barrel wall thickness measuring of some type. They, 2" guns barrels all started out thin, and you must find a gun with more than minimum barrels wall thickness to still be in proof. Not that dealers pay that much attention to "proof" in the US. High dollar guns deserve a higher level of evaluation and guns made with thin barrels when new do as well.
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