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A big difference between birds and us is that they have gizzards, containing stones to grind their food. Shot will sit in there for a long time, with tiny bits of metal and its oxidized crust being ground off. That presents a far greater opportunity for low levels to be absorbed over a long time...

Exactly. My hypothesis is that it will react slowly and incompletely as it dries out, not turning to the inky blue-black of the tannin reacting with the dissolved ferric ions. Tannic acid will convert rust to a black coating with prolonged soaking, though. Something trappers have used for a long...

Just curious, has anyone tried applying the iron nitrate and heat converting it first and then applying tannic acid?

It's cool looking!

Boiling won't erode the sight or lock it into its dovetail. Molasses, I don't know.

Blue "shop towel" paper towels are hard to beat.

Pretty!

I thought "Shouldn't this be in the buy/sell/trade section?" 😁

Herkimer diamonds are double ended short quartz crystals, named for Herkimer County, New York. They're found elsewhere, of course.

I started with an M49, and still have it. This is a good place to insert the first line of "Baby Got Back," but I haven't measured any of mine. The widest I have is on my MTCo MNEF. It's comfortable.

I wonder if opal will strike sparks? How cool would that look on your cock?

The color pattern looks like fancy tiger striped maple, treated with tannic acid, iron (III) nitrate, and a heat gun.

Maybe we should prime with flour.

I've never had any 4F powder. 3F has always worked well.

Putting dissimilar metals into any potentially electrolytic solution risks causing electrolytic corrosion of the more chemically active metal. I had some rust spots develop on an unmentionable revolver made of 416 stainless steel. I tried the old tried and true method of boiling in water to turn...

When I was a little boy my daddy taught me about anvil shoots. He said he always got far away from them. He used to be sent out alone to blast stumps and pull them away with a mule, beginning at age 7. He taught me well how he did that, but I've never had the opportunity or need. If done right...

A Bianchi X-15 shoulder holster intended for an 8-3/8" S&W Model 29 works for carrying a Walker concealed. Not that I do, but I have tried it out.

80 grains is almost 3 drams (82 grains.) That's the long standard 12 gauge field load and works fine with a 69 caliber (1 1/8 oz.) ball in 12 gauge. A .60 caliber ball weighs 325 grains, 3/4 ounce, and the standard 20 gauge shotgun load is 7/8 ounce shot with 2 1/4 drams (about 62 grains)...

If you use naked ball and wads instead of a patch, that works with choked bores just fine. What goes in the muzzle will come back out.