I'm not really a bp guy but...
I picked up an old rusty 45 cal bp pistol action, trigger and barrel from a garage sale last year.($5) It was in a can of old nuts and bolts and was so rusty it was fuzzy and pitted pretty bad. After I had cleaned it up I searched the net and found that it was a cheap kit pistol from Dixie gun works. A “Philadelphia Derringer” like the one that did in Abe Lincoln. I pulled up some different “Derringers” on the net to look at styling, cut my own stock, made some brass inlays (I cheated and used a cnc mill with an engraving cutter) and hand checkered the grips.(I didn’t have a checkering tool so I used some of my machinist files) but I have run into a problem. I haven’t “browned” a barrel yet and wondered if any of you have any tips for a good finish? Also what stain would you recommend for this piece?
I know it’s a cheap POS but it was a nice winter project.
I picked up an old rusty 45 cal bp pistol action, trigger and barrel from a garage sale last year.($5) It was in a can of old nuts and bolts and was so rusty it was fuzzy and pitted pretty bad. After I had cleaned it up I searched the net and found that it was a cheap kit pistol from Dixie gun works. A “Philadelphia Derringer” like the one that did in Abe Lincoln. I pulled up some different “Derringers” on the net to look at styling, cut my own stock, made some brass inlays (I cheated and used a cnc mill with an engraving cutter) and hand checkered the grips.(I didn’t have a checkering tool so I used some of my machinist files) but I have run into a problem. I haven’t “browned” a barrel yet and wondered if any of you have any tips for a good finish? Also what stain would you recommend for this piece?
I know it’s a cheap POS but it was a nice winter project.
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