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Thank you, I'll check it out.

Hi folks, I don't know if this is the right place to post, but I have a question about this in-line. I'm trying to clean it up for a friend. The "Striker Bolt" was rusted in place and I removed it for cleaning. When I put it back in, I can't get it to stay in the cocked position without...

That's the easiest!

Hi All, I tried to search to see if this has been asked before, but I didn't find anything. I have a TC Hawken rifle that I'm refinishing. I would like to change the finish from blued to Brown. Is it possible? Do I need to remove the bluing first? Can anyone list out the process? Thanks!

You are correct it's octagon not hex. Geometry class was many moons ago for me, and I sat next to a cute redhead so I didn't pay much attention to the teacher.

How's this? Does it show what you want to see?

I'm really enjoying this thread as well. There is a gunsmith nearby who used to build new muzzleloaders. Now he just works on Parker shotguns. I'm going to see if I can get him to look at it and give me a price to re stock the pieces if the barrel is still good. I've just recently gone...

Yes, I'm really enjoying the education!

It definitely had a sideplate. The wood is much lighter where it would have been.

Interesting ramrod!

I just ran a coat hanger down the barrel and it's not loaded. Also, it filled with grease all but the end 5". It's possible that the bore is clean under all that grease! There isn't any oder From the grease. I would expect it to smell like petroleum. If it wasn't oil based you would...

The butplate is brass, and the screws that held it on were hand cut and not really done well. The slot for the screwdriver is off center and the big screw is made on oval metal. Is it worth running the parts through my hydrolysis tank to clean them up, or are they best left "in the rough?"

That is awesome, thanks!

I stand corrected. Vampires not zombies. Duh! This is why I came to the experts!

The house it came from is the Dupont mansion in Ostervill. I don't have any other details. I think my brother should hang it over his fireplace and come up with like it was president Lincoln's when he was out killing zombies!

Correction: The barrel is hexagon from the rear sight back. The edges are rounded over so its not an obvious transition. I also measured the muzzle at .58. I'm going to take a stab and say it's a 54 cal smoothbore!

The barrel is completely filled with grease. I could only get the ramrod about 6" down the barrel!

The barrel is full round end to end. It does have a steel butplate The back side has noticeable tan lines where a side plate was, but now there are 2 small plates.

I hadn't checked to see if it has a charge in it. I'll do that today and run a patch down the barrel.

It's not high quality. The ferrules are thin sheet steel that are blued. I'm pretty sure it's a 20g gun. It has a very thin barrel and it's not even. The lock looks like it says PA & S . SMALL.