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lancaster
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brush up
#387105 - 07/10/24 03:07 AM

was giving a drilling into auction to hermann historica in germany for a friend and the stock was a little bit well worn

a friend point me to a stockmaker who work cheap and good and indeed he did the checkering and polishing of the drilling for 70 euro, amazing today

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DarylS
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Re: brush up [Re: lancaster]
#387106 - 07/10/24 03:14 AM

Amazing amount of work for 70 euros.
That's $104.72 CDN & $76.87 US & $113.11 AUS right now.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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lancaster
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Re: brush up [Re: DarylS]
#387112 - 07/10/24 04:55 AM

he give also my own sauer drilling a fresch checkering for the same price. work was done on one day but he can't be needed more than one ot two hours for each gun.

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TH44
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Re: brush up [Re: lancaster]
#387116 - 07/10/24 10:03 AM

Apologies for my lack of knowledge Lancaster but does the upper or trigger guard lever open the

action or change the firing pin to the the rifle calibre?

Many thanks

TH

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lancaster
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Re: brush up [Re: TH44]
#387119 - 07/10/24 03:30 PM

the lever under the trigger guard is the opener, the toplever change for the rifle barrel

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85lc
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Re: brush up [Re: lancaster]
#387121 - 08/10/24 02:38 AM

Lancaster,

That is excellent. The checkering is "flat top checkering" which is an old style checkering and appropriate for vinate guns.

I have a Lancaster DB shotgun with flattop checkering that I needed to be refreshed. I checked with a number of stockmakers and other gunsmiths who turned down the work because they don't do flattop checkering.

I finally found a gunsmith who agreed to do the checkering which was much more expensive than your gunsmith and took 2 1/2 years (Initial quote was a couple of weeks - of course, he kept taking work that "needed to get out for a match" and moved my gun back "in line".)

Looking at pictures of vintage guns that have been refinsihed, most of the original flat top checkering has unfortunately been changed to modern checkering.

Bottom line is that I wish your gunsmith was close by.

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RB

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DarylS
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Re: brush up [Re: 85lc]
#387122 - 08/10/24 02:57 AM

That's for sure, 85lc.

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Daryl

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93x64mm
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Re: brush up [Re: DarylS]
#387133 - 08/10/24 07:13 AM

Lovely job sprucing up the old girl!
I'm with 85lc - wish he was my gunsmith too!

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