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Close to two weeks since my last update. Claudio had been putting the pedal to the metal on things but had to take a break to attend to some other, pressing work. But he's been back hard at it on the Daly the last couple days and this is the stuff that really gets me excited. Others may feel differently but I think the heart of any good vintage gun are the barrels. Without good barrels, all else is wasted. And boy did this project ever turn on the barrels. The key work to bring them back really did start several years ago. And nothing else was touched until Claudio and I knew the barrels could be brought back all the way to perfection. (Oops, I'm giving up spoiler alerts). When acquired the barrels were in rough shape. As mentioned previously, badly dented across both barrels. Ribs popped. Ribs bent. Ribs detached. As Claudio says "A sad looking muzzle". And to top it off, the right barrels was bent. As a result of all this mayhem, the bores were pretty awful, especially the right one.
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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You can go back a few posts and check but the original muzzle wedges were not in great shape. So new ones had to be made. And then fitted: And then soldered in and struck flush: And then the muzzle fancy detail was reproduced:
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A very beautiful gun and a beautiful job restoring the gun. Classy.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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I love it when a plan comes together! The bores get a final polish, the lumps and face get dressed. A little jeweling is always nice... And now it looks like new, perhaps even better than new. The end is definitely in sight now. We just need a few more coats of slacum, lovingly applied! Haha
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Pretty sweet but I'm beginning to think it may have been easier to start with a truckload of iron ore and a walnut tree trunk. There would be no problem in border crossing with warthog ivory. I'd even be happy to supply some for a project like this.
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Brent, in for a penny, in for a pound! I'm picking up the wood for my next project on Thursday. I may take you up on the warthog tooth!
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