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Last edited by oldemagics; 04/06/10 02:25 PM. Reason: better pics
Gun control starts with a good grip, make it beautiful too
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Remember you asked for opinions on your "pics". So here goes: You will never make a living as a photographer. As an aside, you did a nice job on the stock and gun. Unless you are trying to sell it or find work refinishing guns why do you want to suffer anyone else's opinion of your work and gun? How's it shoot? What make is it? Best to you!
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I couldn't tell what kind of gun it is. Looks OK.
Best, Ted
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Oh! Welcome to the forum! We do love our doubleguns here and are a diverse group even so. Thanks for croping the pics too!
Last edited by ben-t; 04/05/10 11:52 PM.
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If you can post a little clearer photos, particularly of the action and inscriptions on barrels and action flats I think you will get more help. I know I cannot tell what the gun is that you have worked on or even get a clear picture of the work. Please repost your photos if you can so we can fulfill your request. The wood work looks good. Just can't see the rest.
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Whew! i was beginning to think i would get no comments. first, yea i know my pics are bad, just cannot seem to get without glare or clear close-up. will try tomorrow to get better ones. it may eventually be for sale, who knows... second, it is one of the "hardware store" guns, a Crescent Firearms Peerless model
third, un-fortunately i havent had a chance to get it out to the range yet
i am slowly trying to get a small start refinishing at least locally, have had a website for a while mainly doing checkering, carving, grips and stock refinishing while doing some of the old sporting arms for a local smith that i (hopfully) am learning from he is kept busy mainly with old de-milled stuff he reconstructs as semi-auto for collectors and plugged full autos for the re-enactment crowd even with blanks it is cool to let loose with a sten or bren when he needs one test fired...
i just added slow rust and damascus blue to the site the other day to see if i got any inquiries then while searching for chems, i ran accross this site, guys who are also into the old doubles and saw some of you posting about doing your own... where else to get at least a semi-informed opinion?
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thanks pete, i spent a few hours reading in the faq pages i appreciate any helpful comments as i am still finding out just how ignorant i am in a lot of areas i will be reading here for a while trying to soak up info i mainly posted the pics to find out what guys who actually have an interest in these guns thought of my progress, if i was on the right track or wasting my time
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If you want to restore nicer guns than a Crescent, you will want to be aware of the edges and contours and engraving that must be preserved. You will also want to have the screws properly indexed. Some guns had different style case colors than others. That , too, is imporant. Checkering style on some older guns was not what we see today. Lots of nice older guns have been ruined with a modern checkering touch up.
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I'm waiting for it............
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