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Anyone have photos of finished Colonials with barrel and lock left in the white?

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Looks like no one has a Kibler with the barrel left bright. That's what I'm gonna do with my next one.
Here are a couple of my colonials that are in the white. I actually prefer them this way in the white rather than putting makeup on them.
 

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One neat thing about a gun left in the white is the neat patina even a well-oiled barrel will develop over time. This isn't a Kibler but you can see 10 years of patina, I could remove it but I like it.


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I do like the natural patina, it looks "real" because it is. Gosh there are so many options and decisions to make.
 
OP, on several guns I have used cold blue on the locks, then rubbed it back. On the barrels I used Laurel Mt Forge browning solution, then rub that back with oiled steel wool.

These protect from surface rust (an issue with just in the white) and give a nicely used, antique finish.
 
I prefer rust brown on the barrel even though the process is slow. Somehow, in my brain, a flintlock rifle barrel should be a deep brown, smooth like the underside of a Hershey bar.
A builder taught me how. Preparing a browning box and using a proper wet heat procedure ensures such a finish, he said, and following his advice, and being patient, I have found he was right. I used to brown the barrels of production guns just to get that look. Actually, that is the only thing I did to my Colonial that didn't require me to refer to Jim's videos in assembly. I am not so good at the other tasks unless I am very, very careful. It took me 2 months to have a completed rifle.
I do not have the confidence to do the lock. Yet. So I left it in the white as per one of Jim's suggestions. I'm still in surgery rehab so don't have a photograph, unless I have one on the phone. I shall look. Oh, BTW, the quality wooden shipping box of Kibler kits make for an adequate browning box.
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Looks like no one has a Kibler with the barrel left bright. That's what I'm gonna do with my next one.
He's my first assemble. Colonial.
 

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