Hello again! He is one of interesting finds from this week’s auction... For 40 bucks I picked up an antique double barrel 12guage black powder shotgun. It looked to be solid but a little rough. Here are the before and after pictures.
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All I did was a VERY light cleaning to the metal. It has the original brown finish, not the more modern bluing. The barrels are signed “D. Crum”. I stripped the old varnish off of the stock and was surprised to find one of the nicest pieces of curly maple I have ever seen. I did not add any stain, I just hand rubbed three coats of tung oil into it.
It looks sharp hanging in the den. Not bad for a forty-buck ugly duckling.
