Thanks! My wife is stuck in O'hare right now trying to get home, this is passing the time quite nicely until she calls!
The barrels are in great shape, except there is an external section that has some speckles of rust that turned out to be very shallow pits. Lettering and the rib are just fine. I'm just sanding down to smooth metal, right? I had a reputable smith look at the barrels, he pronounced them just fine, and "overbuilt if anything", so I shouldn't need to worry about sanding TOO much, should I?? (within reason, of course)
Thanks again,
Dave
