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i couldnt get muriatic acid where i live but i was recommended a phosporic acid rust remover for surface rust by the local hardware store owner. he told me to degrease the barrel, then spray on the phosporic acid and let it sit for a few minutes, then brush it with a hard brush. worked like a...

i'm not really shure what lateral direction is. i tried axial and radial but cant feel any play in those directions. when i push the breech plug at an angle from the barrel bore axis there is play, i dont know how this is called but in aircraft and vehicle movement they call it yaw. not sure how...

@entropy: thanks for the tip on using muriatic acid, i'll give that a careful try. i'm always a bit careful with "patina" since 99% of what they call that is just plain old rust that was covered with some oil and keeps eating away at the metal. @BBBBil: i think they only started using browning...

i've been trying to "polish" a neglected muzzle loader barrel but i cant get rid of the rust brown haze on the outside. been using several grades of steel wool and when i look straight onto the barrel it looks nice and shiny silver, but when i look along the barrel there's still a rust brown...

i have checked, all parts on the musket have matching numbers the idea was to make a washer out of 0.1mm thick sheet metal to put between the 2 little flats on the breech plug and the face of the barrel, just like you would put a washer on a bolt. i've tried to look for an email adress for mark...

Hello everyone, i recently acquired a french Mle. 1822 T smoothbore musket (percussion conversion). i took everything apart to clean it and do some restauration on the stock. after cleaning the barrel i soaked it in penetrating oil for an hour to remove the percussion nipple, it came out...

hey guys thanks for all your replies. a few days ago i had the opportunity to try some different 22lr's and i think i found the perfect one for me. its not steel but aluminium, a hardly used pardini sp22. i looks extremely weird but i can only say WOW! that thing is amazing to shoot. i fired...

hi, i'm currently shooting with a high standard supermatic and was wondering what other options i have for a full size steel 22lr pistol. i have very large hands so most 22 pistols i've come across are too small for me to grip comfortably which affects my accuracy a lot. the high standard has...