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Jon, on a Diamond Quality the nicest quality engraving Ive come across is #444, a 10 gauge. I figured it is roughly 8 years earlier than mine with similar style and coverage but the execution just blew me away. This gun may be my first Lindner....it won't be my last.
Would love to handle 2472. Mine surprised me so much with how light it felt before I weighed it.
At the other end of the scale, missed a 12 ga Featherweight due to stupidity in December, #1057. Will try not to do that again.
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You know you're always welcome to borrow my featherweight...
The taste of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten.........
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You know you're always welcome to borrow my featherweight...
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Well, time for a little update. Progress is going well. The next few posts will focus on the stock. And will reveal some interesting tidbits. First, it was clear the initial shield needed to be reset into the wood. So out it came. Then it's time to get the old finish off and see what gets revealed: Seems clear we will have to come up with a replacement for the little grip nipple that was kind of a hallmark for Lindner:
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Last edited by canvasback; 04/20/20 12:16 PM.
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What kind of glue in that crack?
It will be a great looking gun again soon.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/
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Now here is the interesting part. Even masters like Lindner can make mistakes. In these three photos you can see evidence first of a screw up with the original hole that was repaired with a plug and a second crack at drilling the hole properly. Apparently second time was the charm. As well, you can see where somehow a sliver of wood got damaged and was replaced, just to the left of the hole in one pic and above in the other.
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Notice the inletting required for the sears. That mortise is under cut by hand, crazy difficult inletting and and best pantograph in the world is not much help putting that cut in. With the correct fixturing you could make the cut on a machine with multiple set ups but you would have to make a bunch of stocks to make it worth the time. Simply amazing craftsmanship.
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Looking at the insides being repaired reminds me of what they say about watching the law or sausage being made...Geo
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What kind of glue in that crack?
It will be a great looking gun again soon. Brent, perhaps this photo shows it better. It's not a crack. It's a mineral line in the wood.
Last edited by canvasback; 04/20/20 01:42 PM.
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