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Simon Reinhold is a fine speaker, who discourses with absolute assurance. The video is a good one. However, Simon does say some things occasionally which are questionable. His assertion early in the video that London gunmakers from 1800-1845 relied solely on word-of-mouth and that there was no public advertising at all is demonstrably not true.

Price reduced to $700.

Not to be offensive, but there is a lot of knowledge held by men just as old or older than I am and they are willing to pass some of it on to others for very little money. This is a great idea. Just wish I could go and learn about case relining and case restorations. Do note there is no Spring chicken among these guys, so take what they can teach you, or wish you had later. We have lost too much talent and knowledge about doubles, to be passing up a chance like this lightly.

Yesterday was a day that this sporting weapons marks quest pretty much came full circle. The fella that provided me with my 1st German Combo had his son stop the car on the side of the road(where you typically can find me) to chat a moment. He has 89 years and is deaf as a post but had some device, sort of headset that he could hear a bit. I hadn't seen him in say 20+ years and really didn't know if he was still with us. We had made a trade on said Combo as a partial payment for some services I had rendered. He had acquired it from a friend in an Alabama Hunt Club. Turns out it was a donor and the springs were removed for a 16-65 over 8X57R/360 I believe. But this it THE Combo that sparked the flame into researching European Sporting Arms that has brought me this far. I decided last night to pen him a letter of Thanks for the initial contribution and hopefully he can still read as he cannot hear(Heavy Artillery or similar) and will not wear hearing aides.

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

Great shoot to benefit a great cause!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ow3b5OjdiiDweJ7SR1F9tRmdU7_RxHN/view

William back on p. 8
"the wall thickness of my Lefever barrels, and the means I use to evaluate them is 100% irrelevant here." And the request to do so is "silly and unreasonable"

The title of this thread is "Wall thickness measurement" and I and others have provided a substantial collection of numbers to help establish the standards of the makers.
Either you do not have a wall thickness gauge
Or you have numbers, which could benefit the forum members, but which you choose not to share.

Made in 1902, Boxlock Ejectors, 12 ga, 28", 2-1/2", in proof. Single selective triggers. Cased. Gunbroker auction 938500375. $5000

What a beautiful tribute to a friend. What more could one ask for?

39 % think Elvis is alive

Single or double trigger version?

Back on market (I was away), and reduced again to $3,800.

This was correct till recently when extractor faces with >>70<< have surfaced. I can post a foto if need be.


Serbus,

Raimey
rse

Mirror polishing of small internal lock parts n days past was a profession and a skill that is hardly done today. The only trade where it is still done regularly is in high quality mechanical watch and clock making. Some of the older products used are still available but at a cost. Abrasive stones are just one of many abrasives though the problem is what type is used for finishing "Water of Ayr" stones are available in many grades for producing a high finish on hardened steels the finest polish is obtained with Dimond dust in olive oil, Jewellers Rouge in
any oil. To bring the metal surface up to a level where you can consider working it to a mirror finish the following items are of a great help "Engineers Emery sticks" of various shapes and abrasive sizes, mechanical buffing wheels using various paste polishes "Tripoli" polishing soap is a good all rounder to get a high polish on softer metals though using polishing wheels does have a tendency yo remove sharp edges killing that sharp overall effect. Dont forget to use finger protection when using mechanical polishers it will be a painful lesson if you dont.

Thanks, Gents.
It is a pop up Tang Sight.
I had read somewhere that it was to aid in focusing.
It would be for very deliberate shooting.
I wanted to verify it wasn't my soon to be octogenarian vision.

I am researching a gun for sale. It is a 12b BLE.. On the bottom of the frame, it has two small screws side-by-side. What is the difference in this frame from the others I have seen with a single large screw in the bottom? It dates 1925 from what I can tell.

Please check your PM's Walt... Thanks

Yeah, Kerner-Anson platform with sideclips or Purdey Wings along with nice work on the fences. I'd like to see the marks though.

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

I'd agree, but I'm not trying to convince you. I was just reporting what he told me about five years ago. I do know that wardens in GA have a terribly skimpy budget for equipment, and on top of that don't make much of a salary, either. It's pretty much a thankless job. They issued a special edition tag for vehicles three or four years ago that raised some $$$ to help wardens buy needed equipment that the state wouldn't issue them. I bought one for one of my trucks, to help them. Maybe they have the devices now, I dunno.

Thanks for the heads up Dan. That’s crazy! I guess books are things I buy and then don’t follow the market. Unlike guns. Haha.

There have been accounts of people going to Nigeria to square things with the scammers who ended taking more than just the man's money... Gil

Preacher, why do you post stuff like this???


And you also post stuff like this below, concerning your one-and only Damascus barreled OE Grade L.C. Smith 16 gauge gun...


You can get pissed at me for pointing out the obvious, and I'm sure you will be blinded by personal animus in your response. But it sounds like KYJon feels the essentially same way about guns like your one-and-only Damascus barreled OE Grade L.C. Smith. And he was commenting about barrels that are not only thicker than yours, but also have that .018" to .020" wall thickness a full 6" further from the breech than your gun.


It is little wonder that your friend Ed is repeatedly questioning everyone about what barrel wall thicknesses they consider safe, and why they feel that way. Nobody here, who has any good sense whatsoever, would advise someone to buy or shoot a ratty old Damascus L.C. Smith O Grade that has barrels with an .016" wall thickness at 14" from the breech. If you really wish to pass yourself off as a copy-and-paste internet shotgun barrel expert, then you really need to stop posting flawed and conflicting data, and potentially dangerous advise.

It is nice to see the appreciation of quality firearms here. The reason that the 1886/Model 71 are still popular in Alaska and Canada
is the frequency of bear encounters. That means black, brown Kodiak, and interior or Toklat grizzlies.

One never knows around which corner Mr. Grizzly will show up unexpectedly, and he may have just
been down to the pub and was involved in a fight over a shapely gal. Bear spray sounds nice but a pre-war 450 Alaskan with 400 gr FP bullets sounds better.
And bears can come from the same direction as the wind...

I am looking for a set of 7/8 in rings for a G&H sidemount-have a 2 in set for a trade. Looking for the rings with 2 screws to mount a Lyman or Leupold Alaskan.

After the holiday, I will try to get better shots of the barrels. Also, the gun has a couple of screws that are definitely not stock. Do you know of any sources that might fabricate gun screws?

journeymen,
Good for you, that is a very good skill to have. Tig is very useful also, but there are a few things that even it can't do. If the pins are tapered, you should be able to tell if the holes are also tapered by trying to put them in from the other side. It is your rifle but if it were mine, I wouldn't replace the pins if they are still useable.
Mike

Ok,this maybe a waste of electrons and time, but I see these plastic buttplates on ebay advertised
as Remington Sharps Creedmore buttplates

plastic buttplate

Then I spotted this steel buttplate that looks identical

steel buttplate

So, I wondered, is this second buttplate some sort of rare original, if so, and you need it go ahead and grab it. I'd just like to know more
about the history of these.