1General_Grant
40 Cal
Never done anything like it before, really don't want cut into the stock.Sounds like a golden opportunity to figure out how to do it, and then have some skills to market.
Yes, sadly he doesn't.Dave Stalvo no longer does defarbs at Lodgewood.
Personally i wouldn’t waste good money on defarbing your Miroku Charleville, save it for your next gun.
Your Miroku charleville is pretty close to an original in its factory state, while not an exact match its close enough where if you sell it ‘defarbed’ it wouldn’t make a difference to the person buying it.
The only thing i would invest in for your Miroku charleville is a rammer spoon and a lock tune.
One of the largest issues with defarb’s on charlevilles I’ve seen is the stock finish, many argue linseed oil for the finish, however all of the orignal’s ive seen along with my own were varnished and boned.
The other issue is the markings on the barrel, many 1766’s didn’t have markings on their barrel, if they did the markings were M1763 on the barrel tang, which is to a standard feature, however I’ve never seen one marked 1766 or 1768 not sure why.
The big issue that can’t be corrected is the buttstock, it’s too short and not wide enough, originals had a thicker cross section and the butt plate was an oval shape (on most), this was because the flutes were dished in, there simply isn’t enough wood on the butt stock to accomplish this.
So my feeling largely on a factor Miroku charleville is that they pass the 10ft test in as is condition, i dont’ recommend a defarb.
I don't plan on ever selling it, unless I just find a really nice one for a great price.
What is a rammer spoon and what does it do?
If I were to refinish the stock myself what would I need to buy? The color of my stock and fore stock are drastically different from each other, do you think they could possibly be 2 different type of wood?
No inspectors stamp or proof marks? I'd like mine surcharged.
Maybe I could replace the stock someday to match an original.
I'd would like mine to pass the 1 foot test.