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Hi folks, Second of my Grant pair I'm starting to strip down to restore. On closer inspection the corrosion around one of the sidelock plates and the action tang is worse than I hoped for. This is the second Grant of my composed pair. Which needs restoration. I'm grappling with two options. 1) clean the corrosion and get it laser welded, filed down, re-engraved and re-colour case harden it. Which means I will probably need to CCH the 1st of the pair too otherwise it'll look really odd. OR 2) leave it, take it for what it is, but it looks a bit sad...anyway here are the pictures of the corrosion on the tang and the plates. One plate isn't bad at all the other isn't brilliant.    
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I'd fix it (well both)
if it was 1913 and you were off at your local shoot with the Lords and it got corrosion, it would be sent off and fixed with no hesitation and nobody would look askance at it.
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I am glad to not make that decision. I think that you must work 24 hours a day with all of these great projects being accomplished.
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Tig/laser 'em up and engrave, then CCH........would look nice and as they should.......
Cheers,
Doug
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Keeping my plate full up Stallones. Keeping ones mind occupied with Children, family and gun restoration. A perfect life whilst trying not to think about anything else.  Cowboy, I'm coming round to CCH all round but I'm just considering all options...Once the thing is laser welded it will have to be the CCH road because it just won't look right bright and polished. T PS Doug...thought you might say that...
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Tony,
What do you think it would look like if you cleaned the area real well then chased the affected engraving?
I agree, tough call. If you go the weld, re-cut, re-color path could you perhaps us a little less of the bone/charcoal mix or adjust the ratio to achive the more muted colors (I assume)of the other gun?
Phil
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Tony,
What do you think it would look like if you cleaned the area real well then chased the affected engraving?
I agree, tough call. If you go the weld, re-cut, re-color path could you perhaps us a little less of the bone/charcoal mix or adjust the ratio to achive the more muted colors (I assume)of the other gun?
Phil
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Phil, I'd have to CCH both of them. The other gun has lost all colour too. So it would be an exciting project to do them both...need to adjust my new CCH jig too for them.
In order to re-engrave they would have to be laser welded and filed back. I can do all that (bar the laser welding....yet..).
T
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Heck, I'd be proud to own it just as it is; but if I had your skills, I'd have to go along with your first option...Geo
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