I'm getting excited....Photos added now
I pick up my Westley Richards Improved today, John Dickson, 577/500 no 2. Will post some photos soon.
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Victor, Can you send me a link? Thanks, Michael
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
$7500 link, Michael? Here is the page it on. http://www.cherrys.com/longguns.htm The guns are alphabetical. Search for inventory number 21365ROG. Also check 20826ROG, it took my breath away. Crusty,...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
That Cherry's rifle is almost identical to mine. Makes me feel better about the price I paid - NZ $7,000 or about $5,500 US. I guess the case & tools are worth something. Douglas, my lever is...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
You made me take mine apart again...good thing this a spare parts gun, all I have for tools is a Gerber Multitool. Okay the extractor sits in a groove on the side of the lever, When the lever opens it...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
I was messing around in my picture folder so if you could not see some of the pics, you should now. The Cherry gun is veerrrryyy nice. The first one I ever saw for sale was at Hollowells for $8500, so...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Douglas, My action is slightly different - see the notch in the bottom of the spring recess & the hole next to the through bolt hole Spring fitted & action cocked Action open & extractor...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Oh, I am envious...what did I do with my dremel tool? Also not the difference in the angle of the cut-out in the lever, from your lever to my lever for the lever return. Mine is flat your is...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
"First spring attempt - note to self - don't quench the spring!" Don't be afraid to quench the spring... just remember to anneal it afterwards! Polish the spring after hardening and s l o w l y heat...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Cap'n Morgan, I think I overheated spring number two, it went to grey, it doesn't fully eject now. I might try making version three & see if I can get it tidier. Would love to see an original...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
For what it may be worth, I used to have a reprint of a 19th century gunsmithing book which had a lot of very useful information in it for a present-day tinkerer, because all of the methodology...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Grant, how much practical information has been lost to modern technology? digital gauges etc? - how can I heat something to exactly 350 C ? The man in the home workshop needs to know all the old...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Crusty: One thing I've used, with apparent success, is a non-petroleum "synthetic sperm whale oil" (which definitely has a strong fish-oil kind of odor ) sold by Dixie Gun Works in the USA -...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Tried the ejection again & found the spring had lost tension overnight. Reshaped spring, heated to red, quenched in Linseed oil - smells very fishy when hot spring dropped in it. Carefully heated...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Crusty, good to hear you had succes with your spring. The talk about linseed oil made me remember another trick I read in an old book about metal working: Linseed oil will fill-in for "bluing" small...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Interesting, indeed! (I love any re-creation of the "old" ways of doing things ....) It sounds like the important factor may be to use an organic oil, rather than a mineral oil - likely something to...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
The oil that Dixie is selling is probably Meadowfoam Seed Oil, which is derived from a flower. It is supposedly the same chemical composition as whale oil. The Whitworth shooters gush over the stuff....
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Oh, all right Michael! How about "animal/vegetable-based oil" and "petroleum-based oil"? Actually, the stuff Dixie sells isn't terribly "dear" at $3.50 for an 8 oz. bottle ..... (Assuming that means...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
I think they may have improved production of the Meadowfoam Seed Oil, because the price has been dropping considerably in the last year or so. Pretty soon, it'll be economical to run my car on it.
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
Michael...I,m an imperial gallon person, never did like litres and other metric stuff. Gas in the GTA hit $1.30 a litre a while ago....that works out to $1.30 X 4.54= $5.90 per gallon. There being...
View ArticleRe: I'm getting excited....Photos added now
How about shortening for quenching? I use Crisco for knife quenching. It works pretty good for that. I don't know what the flash point is, but might be close enough to try.
View Article
