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Couldnt the Prussians have thought up a more difficult way to have a sear spring. This is way too simple! Yeah, right......
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Couldnt the Prussians have thought up a more difficult way to have a sear spring. This is way too simple! Yeah, right...... Which begs the question "Why did they do it this way?" We know they were expert gun-makers, if we mere mortals can see there was a simpler way to have a sear spring why did they do it this way? Was it more to do with the tools at hand being different back then or thought processes having evolved?
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It was once explained to me as "gunsmith gothic". Things that would only be seen and appreciated by another smith. If you can, why not show off a bit?
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CJO, that's some impressive work! Thanks for sharing, James, and am looking forward to seeing this Lindner in person. JB
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CJO, that's some impressive work! Thanks for sharing, James, and am looking forward to seeing this Lindner in person. JB John, once the ranges are open again and the gun is finished, I'm thinking we'll need to get the group together again for a round of clays at Galt. To make it fair everyone will have to bring their tightest choked, long barrel gun.
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Beautiful thread, beautiful shotgun and beautiful work. Thank you.
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Thanks for all your comments. Got the following from Claudio this morning: "By the way....I was not quite done yet....most dreadful part was yet to come! Played some spring Russian Roulette (hardening and tempering) this morning and managed to dodge the bullet!". And I'm glad he did.
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Back with another post or two as we (Claudio) march towards the finish line. First, some cosmetic stuff. As we have all seen in the past, even the best guns get assaulted by those who think they are competent to turn a screw. But we know better. All the screws get a going over to fix the damaged slots. Here is some of the buggered: Here they are in process: And here are the finished screws: I think you'll agree they look a little less butchered!
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Then, to add a little colour...some fire bluing to liven up the front and rear triggers. The safety button also gets fire blued. Along with a little charcoal bluing of the top lever:
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Next, the runs inside the action get a going over. They are stoned sleek and flat to allow the mainspring to float back and forth. This activates the ejectors and Claudio thinks this may have had something to do with the ejector problems because they were pretty rough. Then, the action gets assembled and final work of ejector timing is done: First one side, then the other....and after some stoning and fitting...they are just right: Claudio has done a couple great short videos, most recently of the repaired ejector system in action. However, Photobucket no longer supports video so we are out of luck.
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